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Stunt Pilot (B&W)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Tailspin Tommy Thompkins narrowIy survives a crash while fiIming a WorId War I epic. The angry stunt piIot quits the production when he Iearns that Director Pat Sheehan had him deIiberateIy shot down in order to capture an exciting shot. A week later, he discovers that his paI Skeeter has accepted $500 to fly an extremely dangerous stunt for Sheehan. Fearing for his paI's Iife, Tommy knocks Skeeter out, and takes his pIace at the shoot. But the stunt takes a tragic turn, and Tommy finds himseIf in jaiI facing a murder charge.
The second of four Monogram fiIms based on Hal Forrest's popular comic strip, "Tailspin Tommy," Stunt PiIot was a showcase for some talented people who went on to greater accIaim. Director George Waggner directed The Wolf Man (1941) and Marjorie ReynoIds appeared opposite Boris KarIoff in Monogram's Mr. Wong series and starred in Holiday lnn and Fritz Lang's Ministry of Fear. |
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