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Patrolling the Ether

6.0 21 mins Crime   1944
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  
Director(s): Paul Burnford

1940. Sixteen year old Phillip is one of a number of amateur radio operators across the US, doing it purely as a fun hobby. He is informed by Bill Beck of the Radio and Intelligence Division (RID) of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that amateur international radio communication is now banned due to spying a result of the war in Europe. Beck, on behalf of the RID, asks Phillip, however, to continue to monitor the airwaves for suspicious activity.

Casts of Patrolling the Ether

Hazel Brooks

as Taxi Driver / German Spy

Marc Cramer

as German Spy in Taxi

Richard Crane

as Phillip

Donald Curtis

as Bill Beck

Connie Gilchrist

as Phillip's Mother

Selmer Jackson

as Chief of Radio Intelligence Division

Lee Phelps

as Bit Role

Emmett Vogan

as Aide to Chief of Radio Intelligence Division

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