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Stunt Pilot (1939)

Directed by George Waggner

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.

Rated NR | Length 61 minutes

Actors

John Trent | Marjorie Reynolds | Milburn Stone | Jason Robards Sr. | Pat O'Malley | George Meeker | Wesley Barry | George Cleveland | John Daheim | Tod Sterling | Mary Field | Buddy Cox | Forrest Taylor | David Newell | Carleton Young | Ray Turner | Jack Kirk | Monte Rawlins | Jack Hendricks | Charles Morton | Wally West