---
title: 'Q Planes (1939)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Tim Whelan'
released: '1939-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 82
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Science Fiction'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/q-planes-1939'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031831/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Q Planes (1939)

1939 · 82 min · Comedy, Science Fiction, Thriller · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Q Planes is a 1939 British comedy spy film starring Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier and Valerie Hobson. Olivier and Richardson were a decade into their fifty-year friendship and were in the process of staging a theatrical version of Othello, with Richardson in the title role and Olivier as Iago, when this film was made.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Tim Whelan](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-whelan), [Arthur B. Woods](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-b-woods)
- **Screenplay:** [Ian Dalrymple](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-dalrymple)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Muir Mathieson](https://cinepixo.com/people/muir-mathieson)
- **Producer:** [Alexander Korda](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-korda), [Irving Asher](https://cinepixo.com/people/irving-asher)
- **Director of Photography:** [Harry Stradling](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-stradling)
- **Editor:** [Hugh Stewart](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-stewart)

## Cast

- [George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-curzon-1st-marquess-curzon-of-kedleston)
- [John Longden](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-longden)
- [Ralph Richardson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-richardson)
- [Laurence Olivier](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-olivier)
- [John Laurie](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-laurie)
- [Leslie Bradley](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-bradley)
- [Pat Aherne](https://cinepixo.com/people/pat-aherne)
- [Valerie Hobson](https://cinepixo.com/people/valerie-hobson)
- [George Merritt](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-merritt)

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