It's in the Air
It's in the Air
Release: 1935-10-10
·Runtime: 80m
·★ 5.0
Comedy
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Jack Benny
as Calvin Churchill
Ted Healy
as 'Clip' McGurk
Una Merkel
as Alice Lane Churchill
Nat Pendleton
as Henry Potke
Mary Carlisle
as Grace Gridley
Grant Mitchell
as W. R. Gridley
Harvey Stephens
as Sidney Kendall
Charles Trowbridge
as Alfred Drake
Johnny Arthur
as Jones, Photographer
Al Shean
as Mr. Johnson
Purnell Pratt
as Horace McNab
Phillips Smalley
as Mr. Winterby
Howard Hickman
as Mr. Ruby
Larry Wheat
as Tubbs
Jim Toney
as Curly, House Detective
Clarence Wilson
as Amos Whipple
Jean Acker
as (uncredited)
Ernie Adams
as Counterman (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews
as Investigator (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
as (uncredited)
Don Brodie
as Reporter (uncredited)
Tyler Brooke
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Francis X. Bushman Jr.
as Martin (uncredited)
George Chandler
as Reporter (uncredited)
Claudia Coleman
as (uncredited)
Billy Dooley
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Sarah Edwards
as Old Maid (uncredited)
Robert Gordon
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Ben Hendricks Jr.
as (uncredited)
Isabelle Keith
as Guest at Money Auction (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
as Reporter (uncredited)
Addie McPhail
as (uncredited)
Harold Miller
as (uncredited)
Ivan Miller
as Maloney (uncredited)
John 'Skins' Miller
as Skinny (uncredited)
Louis Natheaux
as Race Track Clerk (uncredited)
Broderick O'Farrell
as Desert Springs Manager (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
as Announcer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
as Investigator (uncredited)
Dean Riesner
as Brave (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
as Drake's Assistant (uncredited)
Ronald R. Rondell
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Shirley Ross
as Cigar Stand Clerk (uncredited)
Matty Roubert
as Newsboy (uncredited)
Margaret Seddon
as Mrs. Martha (uncredited)
Eddie Tamblyn
as Jockey (uncredited)
Jim Thorpe
as Indian Father (uncredited)
Richard Tucker
as Revenue Chief (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
