Flying Wild is the fifth installment of the East Side Kids series.

Distributor: Monogram Pictures Corporation
Release Date: March 10, 1941
Runtime: 64 min.
Alternative Titles: Air Devils (working title-USA)
Preceded by: Pride of the Bowery
Followed by: Let's Get Tough!

Cast and Characters

• Muggs McGinnis- Leo Gorcey
• Danny Graham- Bobby Jordan
• Helen Munson- Joan Barclay
• Tom Lawson- Dave O' Brien
• Dr. Richard Nagel III- George Pembroke
• Scruno- Ernie "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison
• Peewee- David Gorcey
• Skinny- Donald Haines
• Algy Reynolds- Eugene Francis
• Louie- Bobby Stone
• Mr. Reynolds- Herbert Rawlinson
• George- Dennis Moore
• Forbes- Forrest Taylor
• Woodward- Robert F. Hill

Crew

• Director: William West
• Writer: Al Martin
• Producer: Sam Katzman
• Associate Producer: Pete Mayer
• Original Music: Johnny Lange , Lew Porter
• Cinematography: Fred Jackman Jr.
• Editor: Robert Golden
• Set Decoration: Fred Preble
• Production Management: Ed W. Rote
• Second Unit Director/Assistant Director: Arthur Hammond , Herman Pett
• Sound Recordist: Glen Glenn

Trivia

• Robert F. Hill who plays the role of Woodward, was director of the first East Side Kids film.
• The scene in which the car crashes was not scripted, the driver had made the turn to fast and the expressions on the gang's faces were one hundred percent real.