Father Takes the Air
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Frank McDonald
Screenplay by	D.D. Beauchamp
Produced by	Peter Scully
Starring	Raymond Walburn Walter Catlett Gary Gray Florence Bates Barbara Brown M'liss McClure James Brown
Cinematography	William A. Sickner
Edited by	Carlton Sand
Production company	Mayfair Productions Inc.
Distributed by	Monogram Pictures
Release date	June 17, 1951 (1951-06-17)
Running time	61 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Father Takes the Air is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Frank McDonald and written by D.D. Beauchamp. The film stars Raymond Walburn, Walter Catlett, Gary Gray, Florence Bates, Barbara Brown, M'liss McClure and James Brown. The film was released on June 17, 1951 by Monogram Pictures.^[1][2][3]

Barbara Latham, the daughter of Henry Latham, takes temporary charge of a small flying-school. Her father is inspired to restart his flying career, not having flown since the end of World War I. Another WWI vet, Colton, now acting as mayor joins in as the two former WWI pilots unwittingly take a contract to fly a much-wanted criminal to Las Vegas, but forget to refuel the airplane in this classic misadventure.

• Raymond Walburn as Henry Latham
• Walter Catlett as Mayor George Colton
• Gary Gray as David Latham
• Florence Bates as Minerva Bobbin
• Barbara Brown as Mrs. Latham
• M'liss McClure as Barbara Latham
• James Brown as Bob
• Georgie Nokes as Georgie Colton
• Carl Milletaire as Gordon Bennett
• Tom Dugan as Benny
• Billy Bletcher as Haggarly
• Maxine Semon as Miss Wells
• Don Hicks as Charlie Twitchell
• Joan Valerie as Blonde

• Father Takes the Air at IMDb