SKYBOUND (1935) Lloyd Hughes, Edward J. Nugent & Lona Andre | Action, Drama | B&W

Skybound is a 1935 American action film directed by Raymond K. Johnson and starring Lloyd Hughes, Edward J. Nugent and Lona Andre. It was produced as an independent second feature on Poverty Row and distributed by Puritan Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director Vin Taylor.

SYNOPSIS
A gang of smugglers hoping to outwit Captain John Kent, a pilot with United States Border Patrol, use an attractive nightclub singer to try and trick his younger brother Doug into assisting them.

Captain John Kent is a pilot in charge of the border patrol. Two crooks who head up a smuggling operation, Morley and his associate Faber, are trying to outwit Kent. The smugglers hope that they can influence Kent's younger brother Doug to help them, and they employ an attractive singer in an attempt to win Doug over.

CAST & CREW
Lloyd Hughes as Capt. John Kent
Edward J. Nugent as Doug Kent
Lona Andre as Teddy Blaine
Grant Withers as Chet Morley
Claire Rochelle as Marion Kent
John Cowell as Clyde Faber
Harry Harvey as George Duncan
Sam Lufkin as William Saunders
Loren Rowell as Maj. Duncan
Mabel Mason as Cafe Cashier
Jack Gardner as Patrol Flyer
Robert Dillon as Patrol Flyer
Jack Cheatham as Joe - Patrol Flyer
John Fox Stone as Patrol Flyer
Jerry Rousseau as Patrol Flyer
Dick Curtis as Master of Ceremonies
Ralph Dawson as Plainclothesman
Doris Karns as Cigarette Girl
Herb Vigran as Grant - Mechanic

Directed by Raymond K. Johnson
Written by George Jeske, Charles E. Roberts
Produced by C.C. Burr
Cinematography Irvin Akers
Edited by Tony Martinelli
Music by Lee Zahler
Production company C.C. Burr Productions
Distributed by Puritan Pictures
Release date September 23, 1935
Running time 55 minutes
Country United States
Language English