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Wolves of the Air
Also known as Lobos do Ar in Brazil; Luta de Águias in Portugal
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Six reels
Directed by Francis Ford

Cast: Johnnie Walker [Bob Warne], Lois Boyd [Peggy Tanner], Maurice Costello [Mr. Warne, Bob’s father], Mildred Harris [Marceline Manning], Gayne Whitman [Evan Steele], William Boyd [Jerry Tanner], Billy Bletcher [‘Big Boy’ Durkey], Bud Jamieson (Bud Jamison) [‘Short-Cut’ McGee]

Sterling Pictures production; distributed by Sterling Pictures Distributing Corporation. / Scenario by James Bell Smith, from an adaptation by James Bell Smith of a screen story by J. Francis O’Fearna (Francis Ford). Cinematography by Herbert Kirkpatrick. / Released 22 January 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the United Kingdom by Argosy Pictures on 5 September 1927. The film was released in Portugal as Luta de Águiason 7 May 1928. / Silent film.

Drama: Action.

Survival status: Print exists in the Cinémathèque Québécoise film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 28 November 2023.

References: ClasIm-220 p. 42; ClasIm-224 p. 53; ClasIm-225 p. C8 : Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.