Movie · Tailspin Tommy

Stunt Pilot (1939)

• NR
• June 30, 1939
• 1h 1m

• Crime
• Adventure

“MEN WITH WINGS and hearts without fear!”

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.

Director

George Waggner

Writers

Scott Darling, George Waggner

Starring

John Trent, Marjorie Reynolds, Milburn Stone