[1] Directed by Richard Thorpe, the film starred Glenn Tryon, Beryl Mercer, Blanche Mehaffey, Pat O'Malley and newcomer John Trent.

Glenn also brings along his friend, Hugh Jeffries (Philo McCullough) who is extremely interested in the brothers' design for a fast fighter aircraft.

When Jeffries learns Jim survived, he sends Marsh to drop a bomb on the prospector's cabin in order to eliminate the only witness to his part in the crime.

The Sky Spider was, according to film reviewer, Hans J. Wollstein, "a decidedly minor entry in the then-popular aviation melodrama cycle.

"[3] Contemporary reviews of The Sky Spider noted that as a "bottom of the bill" B-film, there were many improbable scenes and "deficiencies in dialogue and acting".