Conquest of the Air (1936) - film review

Alexander Esway, Zoltan Korda, John Monk Saunders, Alexander Shaw, Donald Taylor

Drama / History

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Conquest of the Air is a British period drama film first released in 1936, directed by Alexander Esway, Zoltan Korda, John Monk Saunders, Alexander Shaw and Donald Taylor. The film stars Frederick Culley, Laurence Olivier, Franklin Dyall, Henry Victor and Hay Petrie. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: Alexander Esway, Zoltan Korda, John Monk Saunders, Alexander Shaw, Donald Taylor
Script: Peter Bezencenet, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Hugh Gray, John Monk Saunders
Photo: Wilkie Cooper, George Noble, Hans Schneeberger
Music: Arthur Bliss
Cast: Frederick Culley (Roger Bacon), Laurence Olivier (Vincent Lunardi), Franklin Dyall (Jerome de Ascoli), Henry Victor (Otto Lilienthal), Hay Petrie (Tiberius Cavallo), John Turnbull (Von Zeppelin), Charles Lefeaux (Louis Bleriot), Bryan Powley (Sir George Cayley), Alan Wheatley (Borelli), John Abbott (Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier), Memo Benassi (Francesco Lama di Brescia), Andrea Checchi (Zoroastro), Carlo Ninchi (Gabriele Adanti di Perugia), Edward Ashley (Bit part), Denville Bond (Oliver the Monk), Bryan Coleman (Bit part), Derrick De Marney (Bit part), Charles Frend (Narrator), Don Gemmell (Bit part), Cameron Hall (Cast member), Pearl Hay, Charles Hickman (Orville Wright), David Horne (Bit part), Percy Marmont (Wilbur Wright), Michael Rennie (Bit Part), Margaretta Scott (Isobella d’Este), Dick Vernon (Simon the Magician), Ben Webster (Leonardo da Vinci)
Country: UK
Language: English
Runtime: 71 min; B&W

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