Non-Stop New York

Non-Stop New York (also known as Lisbon Clipper Mystery) is a 1937 British science fiction crime film directed by Robert Stevenson and starring John Loder, Anna Lee and Francis L.

On New Year's Eve 1938 in New York, lawyer Billy Cooper notices stranded English showgirl Jennie Carr gazing hungrily at other diners' plates in a restaurant and offers to buy her a meal.

To get rid of loose ends, Brant sends Jennie aboard the ocean liner for Southampton, escorted by his sidekick Harrigan.

With only days before Abel’s execution and insufficient money for airfare, Jennie stows away on the Atlantic Airlines "Lisbon Clipper", a giant transatlantic flying boat.

Paying passengers include Brant, 14-year-old violin prodigy Arnold James and his aunt Veronica, Pryor and Inspector Grant.

Distracted by Arnold, Costello grabs Aunt Veronica's parachute, makes his way to the cockpit, locks the door, shoots the pilot and jumps out.

When Grant radios for a police cordon for Costello, Arnold sheepishly admits he used part of the parachute to muffle his saxophone...... As appearing in Non-Stop New York, (main roles and screen credits identified):[3] Largely filmed at Gaumont Graphic studios in Shepherd's Bush, the production relied on a huge flying boat prop, that was realistically created and used for both exterior and interior shots.

Recognizing the talent of "specialists at 'make believe'," the film employed the skills of the studio workmen to also build a realistic scale model.

[4] The New York Times review called it a "well-staged and moderately entertaining Class B melodrama"[5] featuring "a transatlantic airplane as richly imaginative as a front-cover of Popular Science or a Buck Rogers space ship".

The "Lisbon Clipper" was recreated in full-scale models as well as a scaled down version used in back screen process work.