It's in the Air
5.7
87 minutes
11/1/1938
Overview
George Brown is rejected as an Air Raid Warden and in doing so sees his potential to join the Royal Air Force. His dreams could soon come true as he realises that in fact his friend has left behind some very important papers, he dons a his Royal Air Force uniform and delivers the papers when he is mistaken for a dispatch driver from HQ. He soon becomes the butt of jokes from his sergeant which ends him staying indefinitely at the air base. George soon falls in love with the Sergeant Major's daughter and when he discovers his real identity he threatens to report him. On the day of an annual inspection George attempts to escape the base and ends up in a plane, while the inspecting officer watches on, George's plane display is mesmerizing and the inspecting officer insists he should be commended, in order to save their skins George manages to land the plane and is accepted as a flyer by the RAF.
Cast List
George Formby
as George Brown
Polly Ward
as Peggy
Jack Hobbs
as Cpl. Craig
Julien Mitchell
as The Sergeant Major
Garry Marsh
as Commanding Officer Hill
Ilena Sylva
as Anne Brown
Frank Leighton
as Bob Bullock
C. Denier Warren
as Sir Philip
Michael Shepley
as Adjutant
Hal Gordon
as Nobby Clark, mechanic
Joe Cunningham
as Flight Sergeant
Jack Melford
as Lt. Terry, pilot
Eliot Makeham
as Sir Philip's Gardener
Esma Cannon
as Sir Philip's Maid
O.B. Clarence
as Sir Philip's Gardener
Philip Godfrey
as 2nd. Ambulance Man
Bryan Herbert
as RAF Corporal Organising Concert
Philip Ray
as Airman with Shoe
John Salew
as RAF Radio Operator
Jack Vyvyan
as Corporal in Ambulance