Wolves of the Air | |
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Directed by | Francis Ford |
Written by | Francis Ford James Bell Smith |
Starring |
Johnnie Walker Lois Boyd Maurice Costello |
Cinematography | Herbert Kirkpatrick |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Sterling Pictures |
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Running time | 15:07 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent (English and French intertitles) |
Wolves of the Air is a 1927 American silent action film directed by Francis Ford and starring Johnnie Walker, Lois Boyd and Maurice Costello. [1] It is now considered a lost film. In 2021 this so called lost film was retrieved in the collection of the Dordrecht Regional Archives, and is in excellent condition. [2]
Returning from serving in World War I, Bob Warne finds that his father's airplane factory has been taken over. Getting employment at a rival factory, he enters an air race in order to win a government contract. Despite repeated attempts at sabotage he is triumphant.