It's in the Air
10/10/1935
1h 20m



Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, but first the men must dodge a dogged IRS agent and bilk a bunch of aviation investors out of the backing boodle for a balloon excursion into the stratosphere.
Cast


Jack Benny
Calvin Churchill


Ted Healy
'Clip' McGurk


Una Merkel
Alice Lane Churchill


Nat Pendleton
Henry Potke


Mary Carlisle
Grace Gridley


Grant Mitchell
W. R. Gridley


Harvey Stephens
Sidney Kendall


Charles Trowbridge
Alfred Drake


Johnny Arthur
Jones, Photographer


Al Shean
Mr. Johnson


Purnell Pratt
Horace McNab


Phillips Smalley
Mr. Winterby


Howard Hickman
Mr. Ruby


Larry Wheat
Tubbs
Richard Kipling
Mr. Platt


Jim Toney
Curly, House Detective
Maude Allen
Mrs. Smith Burlington


Clarence Wilson
Amos Whipple


Jean Acker
(uncredited)


Ernie Adams
Counterman (uncredited)


Stanley Andrews
Investigator (uncredited)
Herbert Ashley
Boxing Bettor (uncredited)


Gertrude Astor
(uncredited)
Polly Bailey
(uncredited)


Don Brodie
Reporter (uncredited)


Tyler Brooke
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)


Francis X. Bushman Jr.
Martin (uncredited)
Jack Byron
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)


George Chandler
Reporter (uncredited)


Claudia Coleman
(uncredited)
James Conaty
(uncredited)


Billy Dooley
Taxi Driver (uncredited)


Jay Eaton
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)


Sarah Edwards
Old Maid (uncredited)
Harold Entwistle
Auctioneer (uncredited)


Robert Gordon
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Jean Gunn
Little Girl with Autograph Book (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
Garbage-Seeker (uncredited)


Ben Hendricks Jr.
(uncredited)
Sheldon Jett
Double-Decker Bus Passenger (uncredited)


Isabelle Keith
Guest at Money Auction (uncredited)


Frank Marlowe
Reporter (uncredited)


Addie McPhail
(uncredited)


Harold Miller
(uncredited)


Ivan Miller
Maloney (uncredited)


John 'Skins' Miller
Skinny (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
Man in Lobby (uncredited)


Louis Natheaux
Race Track Clerk (uncredited)


Broderick O'Farrell
Desert Springs Manager (uncredited)


Dennis O'Keefe
Announcer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Milton Owen
Cashier (uncredited)


Lee Phelps
Investigator (uncredited)
Richard Powell
Fritz (uncredited)


Dean Riesner
Brave (uncredited)


Cyril Ring
Drake's Assistant (uncredited)


Ronald R. Rondell
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)


Shirley Ross
Cigar Stand Clerk (uncredited)


Matty Roubert
Newsboy (uncredited)


Margaret Seddon
Mrs. Martha (uncredited)


Eddie Tamblyn
Jockey (uncredited)


Jim Thorpe
Indian Father (uncredited)


Richard Tucker
Revenue Chief (uncredited)


Dale Van Sickel
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Harry Lee
(uncredited)
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