{"product_id":"0043396408593","title":"Air Hawks","description":"Generous stock footage from such previous Columbia aviation epics as Flight and Dirigible helped to make Air Hawks (working title: Air Fury) seem more costly than it really was. Real-life pilot Wiley Post, who'd recently grabbed the headlines with his daring around-the-world flight, plays himself, while the acting relief is provided by Ralph Bellamy (hero), Tala Birrell (heroine) and Douglass Dumbrille (villain). The plot has something to do with an infra-red \"death ray\" which figures prominently in the rivalry between two competing air services. Singled out for critical praise was the sound-effects work by Edward Bernds, who later became a prolific Columbia \"B\"-picture and 2-reeler director. Air Hawks was released in late May of 1935; in less than two months, Wiley Post and his close friend Will Rogers would perish in a plane crash of the coast of Alaska.","brand":"SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47091767771376,"sku":"0043396408593","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/0043396408593_p0.jpg?v=1763315888","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/0043396408593","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}