Sky Liner (film)

Sky Liner (film)
Directed by	William Berke (as Wm. Berke)
Produced by	William Stephens (as Wm. Stephens)
Screenplay by	Maurice Tombragel
Starring	Richard Travis Pamela Blake Rochelle Hudson
Music by	Raoul Kraushaar
Cinematography	Carl Berger
Edited by	Edward Mann
Production company	Lippert Pictures
Distributed by	Screen Guild Productions
Release dates	July 28, 1949 (1949-07-28)
Running time	61 minutes 49 minutes (DVD)
Country	United States
Language	English

Sky Liner is a 1949 American film noir action crime film directed by William Berke. It was released on the bottom half of double bills.

Plot

The film follows a selection of passengers on a long distance overnight flight on a silver Lockheed Constellation with Trans World Airlines.

The film comprises a series of vignettes looking at the passengers and crew. Characters range from a precocious child star (intended to echo Shirley Temple) to businessmen and criminals.

An FBI man (Richard Travis) and a stewardess (Pamela Blake) solve a spy murder on a crowded airliner.

A dead man is found in the toilet. All passengers are suspects. The plane sets down at Jacksonfield while they investigate. They discover he has been stabbed by a fountain pen containing poisoned ink.

Cast

• Richard Travis as Steve Blair
• Pamela Blake as Carol
• Rochelle Hudson as Amy Winthrop
• Steven Geray as Bokejian
• Gaylord Pendleton as Smith
• Ralph Peters as Joe Kirk
• Michael Whalen as Ben Howard
• Greg McClure as J. S. Conningsby
• Lisa Ferraday as Mariette La Fare
• Roy Butler as Mr. Jennings
• Jean Clark as Mrs. Jennings
• David Holt as Buford
• Dodie Holt as Grace Ward
• William F. Leicester as Captain Fairchild – Pilot (as Wm. Leicester)
• Ezelle Poule as Elvin's Sister
• Herbert Evans as Sir Harry Finneston
• Alice Ritchie as Elvia's
• Jeanne Sorel as Brunet Stewardess (as Jean Sorel)
• Anne Lu Jones as Airline Ticket Agent
• Jack Mulhall as Col. Hanson
• Allan Hersholt as Courier (as Alan Hersholt)
• John McGuire as George Eakins
• George Meeker as Financier
• Anna Mae Slaughter as Mary Ann

Production

Filming started 25 April 1949 at Hal Roach's studios. It was described as "a kind of Grand Hotel of an airliner."

It was made by the same writing-directing-producing team that had done Highway 13.

External links

• Sky Liner at IMDb
• Sky Liner at the TCM Movie Database