Stunt Pilot
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1939 · 61 min · NR · Crime · Adventure · TMDB 6.0/10
Overview
The second of a series of four features Monogram made based on the comic strip by Hal Forrest (Universal also used the strip characters in two serials), finds a movie company shooting a war picture at Three Points airport, with Tailspin Tommy Tompkins as a stunt pilot in the film. Tommy is incensed by the complete disregard for human life shown by the film's director, Sheehan, and quits. Sheehan gets a replacement pilot named Earl Martin, who is known as a reckless pilot who will try an aerial stunt for a thrill. He hand Tommy get into a fight when Martin takes Betty Lou Barnes for a ride in a plane that is practically falling apart.
Directed by George Waggner
Cast
- John Trent — Tailspin Tommy Tompkins
- Marjorie Reynolds — Betty Lou Barnes
- Milburn Stone — 'Skeeter' Milligan
- Jason Robards Sr. — Paul Smith
- Pat O'Malley — Sheehan