
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
Date of Release : 7th September, 1943
Studio : Universal Studios
Starring Johnny Downs, Bobby Jordan, Jennifer Holt, Ward
Wood & Eduardo Ciannelli
Directed by Ray Taylor & Lewis D. Collins
13 Chapters & 260 mins
Synopsis : Flying students Danny Collins, Jinx Roberts,
Scrapper Mackay and Zombie Parker are suspected of a
series of murders perpetrated by a Nazi agent known as the
Black Hangman. The latter is an engineer, Arthur Galt, who
has disposed of several people who accompanied him on an
expedition which located lost helium deposits in Africa. Galt
has also imprisoned the remaining members of the
expedition, Professor Mason and his daughter Andre. Galt
plans to sell the helium to Germany through a Gestapo ring
headed by Karl Von Heiger. The four cadets, thinking Galt is
their friend, fly with him to Africa as they hope to track down
Von Heiger, thinking he is the Black Hangman, and clear their
own names of the murder charges. They are pursued to
Africa by U.S. Army Intelligence officer Captain Ralph Carson.