The Flying Doctor

The Flying Doctor
Directed byMiles Mander
Written by
Based onnovel by Robert Waldron
Starring
CinematographyDerick Williams
Edited by
  • J.O.C. Orton
  • R. Maslyn Williams
  • Edna Turner
Music by
  • Willy Redsone
  • Alf. J. Lawrence
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century-Fox (Aust)
Release dates
  • 23 September 1936 (1936-09-23) (Aust)
  • September 1937 (1937-09) (UK)
Running time
  • 92 min. (Aust)
  • 67 min. (UK)
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Budget£45,000 or $175,000

The Flying Doctor is a 1936 Australian-British drama film directed by Miles Mander and starring Charles Farrell, Mary Maguire and James Raglan. The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia operate in the Australian Outback. Noted as Australia's first "sound" feature film, The Flying Doctor was also the country's first feature-length film based on aviation.