Fritz Kortner

(1937) Charles Farrell, Margaret Vyner, Danny Green, Fritz Kortner. What a find! A great mix of sci-fi and espionage elements. A reporter is murdered who was about to uncover a plot against an upcoming world peace conference in London. A secret group of military industrialists want the conference to fail and war to ensue. With the help of an outcast scientist, they develop a small fleet of wireless controlled airplanes that--in the film's exciting climax--are sent over London, dropping powerful bombs on the unsuspecting population below. These climatic scenes are terrific! Genuine suspense builds minute by minute until your knuckles are white. There are also some great lab scenes featuring remote control airplane systems and futuristic television devices. Superb special effects for the time. You don't want to miss this movie. It's really cool. aka 'Menace at Midnight.' 16mm.

(1937) Charles Farrell, Margaret Vyner, Danny Green, Fritz Kortner. What a find! A great mix of sci-fi and espionage elements. A reporter is murdered who was about to uncover a plot against an upcoming world peace conference in London. A secret group of military industrialists want the conference to fail and war to ensue. With the help of an outcast scientist, they develop a small fleet of wireless controlled airplanes that--in the film's exciting climax--are sent over London, dropping powerful bombs on the unsuspecting population below. These climatic scenes are terrific! Genuine suspense builds minute by minute until your knuckles are white. There are also some great lab scenes featuring remote control airplane systems and futuristic television devices. Superb special effects for the time. You don't want to miss this movie. It's really cool. aka 'Menace at Midnight.' 16mm.