- 4 months ago
Scientist Thomas Edmunds (William Desmond) and his daughter Mary (Gloria Shea) attend the National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio to find a pilot. They select pilot Bob Raymond (Tom Tyler) from the U.S. Border Patrol, to demonstrate an anti-gravity device called the "Contragrav". At the air meet, Mortimer Crome (LeRoy Mason), a friend of Mary, is his main rival and has his henchman "Skip" (Walter Brennan) sabotage Raymond's aircraft prior to the air race. Raymond crashes but survives.
Edmunds' invention is sought after by a gang of smugglers led by Crome who owns the International Import & Export Company, who wants the invention. The inventor has a secret airfield in a desert region. Raymond comes to the inventor's aid, using another of Edwards' inventions, the superplane, the "Phantom." Able to control the aircraft remotely from an underground headquarters, Bob foils Crome's plans. Gloria has become Bob's love interest.
A last attempt to get at the inventor's work leads to an explosion at his workshop that kills the criminals. Edmunds escapes and is reunited with Gloria and Bob.
Edmunds' invention is sought after by a gang of smugglers led by Crome who owns the International Import & Export Company, who wants the invention. The inventor has a secret airfield in a desert region. Raymond comes to the inventor's aid, using another of Edwards' inventions, the superplane, the "Phantom." Able to control the aircraft remotely from an underground headquarters, Bob foils Crome's plans. Gloria has become Bob's love interest.
A last attempt to get at the inventor's work leads to an explosion at his workshop that kills the criminals. Edmunds escapes and is reunited with Gloria and Bob.
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02:54Say, I don't see how Raymond ever get out of that crash.
02:57I don't either, Skid.
03:01Old Edmund's sure warming up to him.
03:04No doubt we'll take him to a secret workshop.
03:07Telegram, Mr. Crone.
03:16You'll come with us to our hotel, Captain?
03:19Thanks. I'll be glad to.
03:21I'll get the car.
03:22I'd like to get you down to my desert plant as soon as you're able to go.
03:25I'm ready right now.
03:26Good. We'll fly down on my passenger plane.
03:33Important ship that we've got to bring across the border at once.
03:35I'm going to the office.
03:39Skid, don't let Raymond out of your sight.
03:42Okay, Chief.
03:52I'm going to the office.
03:53You're going to the office.
03:54I'm going to the office.
03:55We're walking in the office.
03:56I want to get ready now.
03:58I'm going to the office.
03:59I'll come to the office on the office.
04:01Alright.
04:02I'll come to the office.
04:03Cooler.
04:04Let's go.
04:22Stuff's below the border waiting for us to bring it over.
04:25Good work, Blade. We'll get right after it.
04:28Now, tell me just what you overheard in Edmund's room last night.
04:35I heard him telling Raymond about his invention.
04:37He said it's something that defies or overcomes gravitation.
04:41I saw it lift the chair from the floor.
04:44Edmund said even the small quantity he was using in the demonstration
04:48had power enough to lift the building.
04:51We could sure use a thing like that in our business.
04:55Yes, but can you imagine its value to any government in the world?
05:00Why, it's worth more than all the stuff we could smuggle in a hundred years.
05:04How are we done to handle that stuff at the border?
05:08We're gonna get that invention or discovery or whatever it is.
05:12Well, that shouldn't be hard.
05:15With you knowing Miss Edmunds so well.
05:18Knowing Miss Edmunds has its advantages, but old Edmunds is pretty cagey.
05:23I know he has a secret workshop.
05:27If we could only find it.
05:29What did he find out?
05:30Everything.
05:31You know, I'm commencing to think I'm a regular wizard.
05:33What do you mean, everything?
05:35Well, I heard Edmunds invite Raymond to his secret workshop.
05:38Yes, yes, go on.
05:39So I followed him in a scout plane.
05:41They landed at a desert airport about 20 miles north of Black Mountain.
05:44So while I was there, I just thought I'd snap a picture from the air.
05:47And here it is.
05:49This is sure a wonderful layout.
06:10You could do most anything here.
06:12Yes, you can.
06:13Come over here, Captain.
06:20There's a model I want you to study.
06:23I call it my phantom plane.
06:26Why phantom?
06:27Because it needs no pilot.
06:29It flies without visible means of operation.
06:32You mean...
06:33Just a moment.
06:34Come here.
06:43I have here a remote control board.
06:48Through this periscope.
06:49I can view the sky for 50 miles in any direction.
06:53Look through it, Captain.
07:04What you have here is priceless.
07:06Now I can understand why you built this laboratory away out here.
07:10And underground is to protect your secret.
07:13No one would ever suspect his being here.
07:15But if a spy walked in on you and discovered this secret panel, what protection have you then?
07:20If I were to throw this switch, in three minutes this place would be blown to atoms.
07:26And my secret would still be safe.
07:28And in those three minutes, you would have beaten the world's speed record.
07:33Here's something interesting, Captain.
07:39The substance you see in that container is one of the basic elements of my discovery and invention.
07:45What is it?
07:47If I may ask.
07:49Well, that would be rather hard to explain.
07:51But this much I can tell you.
07:53It's the most powerful, valuable, poisonous, explosive gas.
07:58There's a large tube leads from that container to a tank buried in the earth.
08:04You say it is poisonous.
08:06You mean it would cause instant death?
08:09No, not instant death.
08:11But if anyone were unfortunate enough to inhale it, they'd live but a few minutes.
08:15I hope no one is ever forced to inhale it.
08:17I hope so too, Captain.
08:19I compounded that to help, not to destroy.
08:24By the way, Mr. Edmunds, have you as yet equipped a plane with your invention?
08:28Not yet.
08:29But with a little added equipment.
08:31The apparatus I demonstrated to you at the hotel can be applied to any plane.
08:36And you've already used it in the air?
08:39Not yet.
08:40I'm still looking for a man that I can trust.
08:44To take up the plane, release the controls, and let me manage it from there.
08:51I'm your man, Mr. Edmunds.
08:56You... you'll do it?
08:57Yes.
08:58When?
08:59Right now.
09:00I am as anxious to prove this thing as you are.
09:11Yes?
09:12Munson.
09:13Come down to the shop at once.
09:15Yes, Mr. Edmunds.
09:16Right away.
09:19Munson is my trusted mechanic and aide.
09:22He doesn't fly your ship.
09:24I see.
09:25But he'll have yours prepared for you.
09:26What is it, Mr. Edmunds?
09:27Munson.
09:28This is Captain Raymond, the man I've been looking for.
09:29How do you do?
09:30He is going to help us with our new demonstration.
09:34Place the confrogram in the Emsco plane.
09:37I'll arrange everything, sir.
09:39At once, Munson.
09:40Yes, sir.
09:41Come, Captain.
10:09Come.
10:10Come.
10:11Come.
10:12Come.
10:13Come.
10:14Mr. Edmunds?
10:15This is certainly a beautiful job.
10:17I'll grant you like it, Captain.
10:18Now, don't forget, Munson, to connect the control wires.
10:32I won't, sir.
10:33Oh.
10:34Now, if you follow my instructions, you can't miss.
10:35We won't miss, Chief.
10:37And if Captain Raymond happens to be there, it'll be just too bad for him.
10:38Say, this is a stench.
10:40We got old man Edmunds' invention in the bag right now.
10:41All right, get going.
10:42I'll stand by, waiting for word.
10:43I'll radio every move.
10:44Come on.
10:45Come on.
10:46Come on.
10:47Come on.
10:48Come on.
10:49Come on.
10:50Come on.
10:51With you, I'll let you know when I want you to release the controls.
10:52Right.
10:53I'll just sit back and watch things happen, so I can give you a complete report.
10:54That's right.
10:55Oh.
10:56I'm not making any any of these principles.
10:57I'll make any of these principles that I'm going by.
10:58How am I coming by?
10:59You know?
11:00Well, let me go.
11:01You're going to go.
11:02I'm coming, Lieutenant.
11:03Come on.
11:04You'll get out of here.
11:06Let's take the instructions.
11:07I'll make some instructions you can't miss.
11:08We won't miss, Chief.
11:10And if Captain Raymond happens to be there, it'll be just too bad for him.
11:13Say, this is a stench.
11:14We got old man Edmunds' invention in the bag right now.
11:16All right.
11:17Get going.
11:18I can give you a complete report.
11:19That's right.
11:21Very much, sir.
11:22All ready, sir.
11:24You don't know how much this means to us, Captain Raymond.
11:26And it's meaning more to me every minute.
12:18He's gaining altitude in amazing time.
12:34That boy's a great flyer.
12:41Hello, Captain.
12:43I will now take complete charge of the plane.
12:45Okay, go ahead.
13:15Hello, Captain.
13:24How does it feel now?
13:26Running better than if I were handling it myself.
13:31It works.
13:33It works just as a model did.
13:35It's a complete success.
13:38Oh, Daddy, I'm so glad.
13:40Now for the most important test of all.
13:48Hello, Captain.
13:51You will now let me land the plane on our own field.
13:58Okay, go ahead.
13:59I'm going to land the plane on our own field.
14:01I'm going to land the plane on my own field.
14:02I'm going to land the plane on my own field.
14:03I'm going to land the plane on my own field.
14:04I'm going to land the plane on my own field.
14:05I'm going to land the plane on my own field.
14:06I'm going to land the plane on my own field.
14:07I'm going to land the plane on my own field.
14:08I'm going to land the plane on my own field.
14:09I'm going to land the plane on my own field.
14:10I'm going to land the plane on my own field.
14:11I'm going to land the plane on my own field.
14:12I'm going to land the plane on my own field.
14:13I'm going to land the plane on my own field.
14:14I'm going to land the plane on my own field.
14:15I'm going to land the plane on my own field.
14:29A perfect landing.
14:38Oh, Daddy!
14:57I knew it, Wilbur.
14:58I knew it, Wilbur.
15:00Yet it's gratifying after all these years of endeavor to see it.
15:04You've certainly got it, Mr. Edmunds.
15:06Your invention will revolutionize aviation.
15:08I'm grateful to you, Captain Raymond, for helping us prove it.
15:13Now, Munson. Yes, sir.
15:14For our other little plan.
15:16Munson and I must leave you for an hour or so.
15:18Study that model, Captain.
15:20You'll find her interesting.
15:23I'm sure of that.
15:25Father's referring to his model plane.
15:27Ha, ha, ha, ha.
15:29Come, Munson.
15:30This place is soundproof, isn't it?
15:32Yes, and almost airproof, too.
15:34Except for the ventilating system.
15:36I'll show you.
15:37I'll show you.
15:38Mr. Edmunds hasn't forgotten a thing, has he?
15:40No, not a thing.
15:41Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
15:42Ha, ha, ha, ha.
15:43Ha, ha, ha, ha.
15:44This place has soundproof, isn't it?
15:45Yes, and almost airproof, too.
15:46Except for the ventilating systems.
15:47I'll show you.
15:48Mr. Edmunds hasn't forgotten a thing, has he?
15:52No, not a thing.
15:54Mr. Edmonds hasn't forgotten a thing, has he?
16:07No, not a thing.
16:24We're over it now.
16:40Yes, look the place over carefully before landing.
16:43Go ahead.
16:50There's nobody inside.
16:51Our success depends on an absolute surprise.
16:54Cut the motor!
17:11You'll find me a rather unusual model, miss.
17:14Make it merry.
17:16Thanks, merry.
17:16Mindvah.
17:21Let's try that building over there.
17:48But be careful. It's liable to be full of traps.
17:53Let's take up the phantom shed.
17:55I want to show the great Captain Raymond how well I can handle a plane.
17:59I'm in heaven right now, Mary.
18:01Oh, come on.
18:06I don't think there's anybody at home.
18:08Well, let's go in.
18:18Come on, Bob.
18:37Are you gentlemen looking for someone?
18:39Yes, for your friend the Captain here.
18:52Shut that up.
18:57Bob! Bob!
19:02Bob!
19:03Bob!
19:33Get out of the gun! Get out of the gun!
19:35Get out of the gun! Get out of the gun!
19:45Get out of the gun!
19:47Get him! Get him anything!
19:53It's gas! Of course, there's gas!
20:03Get out of the gun!
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