Stunt Pilot

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Release date: June 30, 1939
Duration: 61 minutes
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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.

Starring

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John Trent
Tailspin Tommy Tompkins
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Marjorie Reynolds
Betty Lou Barnes
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Milburn Stone
'Skeeter' Milligan
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Jason Robards Sr.
Paul Smith
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Pat O'Malley
Sheehan