Clouds over Europe (1939) Synopsis & Summary
Synopsis
This British spy thriller concerns the theft of valuable aircraft secrets by enemy agents. Laurence Olivier plays a firebrand test pilot who falls under suspicion when several planes disappear. Costar Ralph Richardson steals the film as a seemingly befuddled secret service operative assigned to the case. Despite its topicality (the film was made in 1939, when Europe was bracing itself against the possibility of war), Q Planes is played with the tongue-in-cheek bravado of a "Boy's Own Paper" tale. Q Planes was released in the US as Clouds over Europe. - Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Movie Info
Run Time:
82 min.
Distributor(s):
Columbia Pictures
Production Co.:
Harefield, London Film Productions
Director(s):
Genre(s):
Drama, Thriller
Themes:
Miscarriage of Justice
Tone:
Paranoid, Tense, Witty
Keywords:
Britain, Scotland-Yard, aerial, barnstorming, bomb, coast, espionage, handsome, inspection, investigation, investigator, mastermind, missing, plans, radio, romance, secret-plan, secrets, sister, test-pilot, theory
Time Period:
World War II
Status:
