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Stunt Pilot is a 1939 American adventure film directed by George Waggner and written by Scott Darling and George Waggner. "Catalog: 'Stunt Pilot'." Catalog.afi.com, 2019. Retrieved: July 15, 2019. The film is based on the comic strip Tailspin Tommy by Hal Forrest and Glenn Chaffin.Wynne 1987, p. 172. Stunt Pilot stars John Trent, Marjorie Reynolds, Milburn Stone, Jason Robards Sr., Pat O'Malley and George Meeker. "Overview: 'Stunt Pilot' (1939)." TCM.com, 2019. Retrieved: July 15, 2019. Following the success of Mystery Plane (1939), Stunt Pilot, the second in the "Tailspin Tommy" series, was released on July 2, 1939, by Monogram Pictures.Erickson, Hal. "Review: 'Stunt Pilot' (1939)." AllMovie, 2019. Retrieved: July 15, 2019.
After Martin crashes his aircraft while flying with Tommy's sweetheart, Betty Lou Barnes, Tommy becomes enraged. Sheehan, needing a pilot to perform a dangerous dogfight with Martin, convinces Tommy's pal Skeeter to take the job. Skeeter is desperate to raise money to pay for his sister's operation.
Tommy, afraid for his friend's life, kidnaps Skeeter and flies in his place. During the dog fight, Tommy's machine gun is loaded with real bullets, and he shoots down Martin before realizing his gun is not shooting blanks. He is arrested on the charge of murder. Tommy remembers an argument he overheard between Martin and Sheehan, and is sure that the director is behind the murder. He takes off after Sheehan's train.
Meanwhile, the sheriff is after Tommy, until Skeeter finds photographs that show Sheehan replacing the bullets in Tommy's machine gun. Sheehan's train is stopped and the sheriff obtains Sheehan's confession that he killed Martin because the pilot had stolen the affections of his wife and then deserted her.
Principal photography on Stunt Pilot, with stunt flying by Wally West, began on May 20, 1939, at the Metropolitan Airport, Los Angeles. "Original print information: 'Stunt Pilot'." TCM, 2019. Retrieved: July 15, 2019. Additional stock footage was obtained from Hell's Angels (1930).Pendo 1985, p. 19.
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