Wolves of the Air

{{short description|1927 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Wolves of the Air

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| director = Francis Ford

| producer =

| based_on =

| writer = Francis Ford
James Bell Smith

| narrator =

| starring = Johnnie Walker
Lois Boyd
Maurice Costello

| music =

| cinematography = Herbert Kirkpatrick

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| studio = Sterling Pictures

| distributor = Sterling Pictures

| released = {{film date|1927|1|22}}

| runtime = 15:07 minutes

| country = United States

| language = Silent
(English and French intertitles)

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Wolves of the Air is a 1927 American silent action film directed by Francis Ford and starring Johnnie Walker, Lois Boyd and Maurice Costello.Paris p.64 It is now considered a lost film. In 2021 this so called lost film was retrieved in the collection of the Dordrecht Regional Archives, and is in excellent condition.RAD, 549_894, [http://www.regionaalarchiefdordrecht.nl www.regionaalarchiefdordrecht.nl]

Returning from serving in World War I, Bob Warne finds that his father's airplane factory has been taken over. Getting employment at a rival factory, he enters an air race in order to win a government contract. Despite repeated attempts at sabotage he is triumphant.