Parachute Jumper

An Air Force washout and his buddy room with a pretty young lady. Desperate for jobs during the Depression, they finally land employment with the mob.

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

as Bill Keller

Bette Davis

as Patricia 'Alabama' Brent

Frank McHugh

as Toodles Cooper

Claire Dodd

as Mrs. Newberry

Leo Carrillo

as Kurt Weber

Harold Huber

as Steve Donovan

Thomas E. Jackson

as Detective Lt. Coffey

Leon Ames

as Pilot with Alabama (uncredited)

Reginald Barlow

as The Colonel (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

as Cop (uncredited)

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