Crime Drama

 

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AIR PATROL-1962-This is a little murder mystery that seems more like a condensed version of a TV show, a crazy whodunit about the theft of an expensive painting using a helicopter as a getaway car. 

Mona Whitney (Merry Anders) gets conked on the head but is also a suspect because she once hit a cop. Grouchy police Lt. Taylor (Williard Parker; THE EARTH DIES SCREAMING (1964)) and Sgt. Kurnitz (Russ Bender) investigate and call in Sgt. Bill Castle (Robert Dix) from the police air patrol, who also narrates. Murcott (John Holland), the owner of the painting, is mad and having financial troubles. Insurance investigator Howie Franklin (George Eldredge) helps out. A faded actor (Douglas Dumbrille) also figures into the plot. Mona is forced to be the drop off and Castle follows her by chopper. Ray Dannis (THE UNDERTAKER AND HIS PALS (1966)) is a security guard. 

AIR PATROL was directed Maury Dexter, who made THE DAY MARS INVADED EARTH the same year. It's not very interesting but it's short!

Thanks for reading!  RIP Terry Funk....

Snow!

SNOWMAGEDDON-2011-Killer ice storms reek havoc in the small town of Normal, Alaska (or Canada). A pilot (Laura Harris) and her daughter (Magda Apanowicz; they seem more like sisters) are trapped on a snowy mountain after their helicopter crashes. 

They are rescued by their husband/dad (David Cubitt) but then get caught in an avalanche. The strange happenings seem to be related the a cursed snow globe in the possession of the couple's young son. The usual derivative nonsense this time from director Sheldon Wilson who also made KAW and KILLER MOUNTIAN. 

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