- Non-Stop New York
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- For the NBC-owned digital subchannel "New York Nonstop", see WNBC.
Non-Stop New York Directed by Robert Stevenson Written by Ken Attiwill (novel)
J.O.C. Orton
Roland Pertwee
Curt Siodmak
E.V.H. Emmett (add. dialogue)Starring John Loder
Anna Lee
Francis L. SullivanDistributed by Gaumont Release date(s) September 13, 1937 (UK)
November 28, 1937 (US)Running time 69-72 minutes Country Great Britain Language English Non-Stop New York is a 1937 crime film based on the novel Sky Steward by Ken Attiwill. A woman who can clear an innocent man of the charge of murder is pursued by gangsters onto a luxurious transatlantic flying boat.
Contents
Cast
- John Loder as Inspector Jim Grant
- Anna Lee as Jennie Carr. Lee was married to director Robert Stevenson.
- Francis L. Sullivan as Hugo Brant
- Frank Cellier as Sam Pryor
- Desmond Tester as Arnold James
- Athene Seyler as Aunt Veronica
- William Dewhurst as Mortimer
- Drusilla Wills as Mrs. Carr
- Jerry Verno as Steward
- James Pirrie as Billy Cowper
- Ellen Pollock as Miss Harvey
- Arthur Goullett as Abel
- Peter Bull as Spurgeon
- Tony Quinn as Harrigan
- H. G. Stoker as Captain
Reception
The New York Times review called it a "well-staged and moderately entertaining Class B melodrama"[1] featuring "a transatlantic airplane as richly imaginative as a front-cover of Popular Science or a Buck Rogers space ship".[1]
References
- ^ a b "Non-Stop New York (1937)". The New York Times. November 29, 1937. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C01E2D8103DE23ABC4151DFB767838C629EDE. Retrieved 2008-09-20.[dead link]
External links
- Non-Stop New York at the Internet Movie Database
- Non-Stop New York is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
- Non-Stop New York at the TCM Movie Database
- Non-Stop New York at AllRovi
Categories:- 1937 films
- Aviation films
- Black-and-white films
- British films
- 1930s crime films
- Films based on novels
- Pre-1950 science fiction films
- Crime film stubs
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