Runner
2026 · Action · Comedy
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Film / 1935
It's in the Air
Directed by
Charles Reisner
Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, but first the men must dodge a dogged IRS agent and bilk a bunch of aviation investors out of the backing boodle for a balloon excursion into the stratosphere.
The story
Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, but first the men must dodge a dogged IRS agent and bilk a bunch of aviation investors out of the backing boodle for a balloon excursion into the stratosphere.
Cast
Jack BennyCalvin Churchill
Ted Healy'Clip' McGurk
Una MerkelAlice Lane Churchill
Nat PendletonHenry Potke
Mary CarlisleGrace Gridley
Grant MitchellW. R. Gridley
Harvey StephensSidney Kendall
Charles TrowbridgeAlfred Drake
Johnny ArthurJones, Photographer
Al SheanMr. Johnson
Purnell PrattHorace McNab
Phillips SmalleyMr. Winterby
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Howard HickmanMr. Ruby
Larry WheatTubbs
Richard KiplingMr. Platt
Jim ToneyCurly, House Detective
Maude AllenMrs. Smith Burlington
Clarence WilsonAmos Whipple
Jean Acker(uncredited)
Ernie AdamsCounterman (uncredited)
Stanley AndrewsInvestigator (uncredited)
Herbert AshleyBoxing Bettor (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor(uncredited)
Polly Bailey(uncredited)
Don BrodieReporter (uncredited)
Tyler BrookeHotel Clerk (uncredited)
Francis X. Bushman Jr.Martin (uncredited)
Jack ByronNightclub Patron (uncredited)
George ChandlerReporter (uncredited)
Claudia Coleman(uncredited)
James Conaty(uncredited)
Billy DooleyTaxi Driver (uncredited)
Jay EatonNightclub Patron (uncredited)
Sarah EdwardsOld Maid (uncredited)
Harold EntwistleAuctioneer (uncredited)
Robert GordonElevator Operator (uncredited)
Jean GunnLittle Girl with Autograph Book (uncredited)
Sherry HallGarbage-Seeker (uncredited)
Ben Hendricks Jr.(uncredited)
Sheldon JettDouble-Decker Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Isabelle KeithGuest at Money Auction (uncredited)
Frank MarloweReporter (uncredited)
Addie McPhail(uncredited)
Harold Miller(uncredited)
Ivan MillerMaloney (uncredited)
John 'Skins' MillerSkinny (uncredited)
Edmund MortimerMan in Lobby (uncredited)
Louis NatheauxRace Track Clerk (uncredited)
Broderick O'FarrellDesert Springs Manager (uncredited)
Dennis O'KeefeAnnouncer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Milton OwenCashier (uncredited)
Lee PhelpsInvestigator (uncredited)
Richard PowellFritz (uncredited)
Dean RiesnerBrave (uncredited)
Cyril RingDrake's Assistant (uncredited)
Ronald R. RondellNightclub Patron (uncredited)
Shirley RossCigar Stand Clerk (uncredited)
Matty RoubertNewsboy (uncredited)
Margaret SeddonMrs. Martha (uncredited)
Eddie TamblynJockey (uncredited)
Jim ThorpeIndian Father (uncredited)
Richard TuckerRevenue Chief (uncredited)
Dale Van SickelNightclub Patron (uncredited)
Harry Lee(uncredited)
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