Crack-Up (1936 film)

The supporting cast includes Helen Wood, Ralph Morgan and Thomas Beck.At the christening of the "Wild Goose," an experimental long-range aircraft designed for trans-Atlantic flights, a number of significant industry figures from the Fleming-Grant Airways Corporation are present.

The Baron's Operative #77 (J. Carrol Naish), secretly working for another spy organization, attempts to get the plans, offering Ace three times more money.

On the maiden flight of the "Wild Goose", Ace and Joe are flying to Berlin (an unusually long trip by air for that era) with the aircraft company president on board.

With death imminent, as water fills the cabin, Ace shoots the Baron and gives Joe the only life jacket, along with the experimental bomber plane blueprints, so that he will be rescued by a nearby steamer ship.

"[4] Leonard Maltin's review opined, "Not-bad espionage tale, with Lorre highly amusing as a spy trying to secure plans for experimental airplane; Donlevy's the test pilot he tries to bribe.

Although shot on a Hollywood sound stage, the dangerous repair of the "Wild Goose" used a full-size mock-up model of a futuristic airliner.