The Mysterious Pilot
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| The Mysterious Pilot | |
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 Chapter One poster |
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| Directed by | Spencer Gordon Bennet |
| Produced by | Louis Weiss |
| Written by | George M. Merrick George Rosener (screenplay) Based in the novel The Siver Hawk, by William Byron Mowery |
| Starring | Frank Hawks |
| Music by | Abe Meyer (musical director/uncredited) |
| Cinematography | Edward Linden Herman Schopp B&W |
| Editing by | Earl Turner (film editor) |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 9, 1937 |
| Running time | 15 chapters (300 min) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Mysterious Pilot (1937) is a Columbia movie serial based on the book by William Byron Mowery and starring the record-breaking aviator Frank Hawks. This was the second serial produced by Columbia.
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[edit] Cast
- Frank Hawks as Captain Jim Down || Frank Hawks was billed as the "Fastest airman in the world."[1]
- Dorothy Sebastian as Jean McNain
- Esther Ralston as Vivian McNain
- Rex Lease as RCAF Sergeant 'Kansas' Eby
- Guy Bates Post as 'Papa' Bergelot
- Kenneth Harlan as Carter Snowden
- Yakima Canutt as Indian Luke
- George Rosener as Fritz
- Clara Kimball Young as Martha, Fritz's Wife
- Frank Lackteen as Yoroslaff, a henchman
- Harry Harvey as 'Soft Shoe' Cardigan, a henchman
- Tom London as Kilgour, a henchman
- Bob Walker as Boyer, a lumberjack-henchman
- Ted Adams as Carlson, a henchman
[edit] Production
Mysterious Pilot was adapted from the novel "The Silver Hawk" by William Byron Mowery.[1][2]
[edit] Chapter titles
- The Howl of the Wolf
- The Web Tangles
- Enemies of the Air
- In the Hands of the Law
- The Crack-up
- The Dark Hour
- Wings of Destiny
- Battle in the Sky
- The Great Flight
- Whirlpool of Death
- The Haunted Mill
- The Lost Trail
- The Net Tightens
- Vengeance Rides the Airways
- Retribution
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[edit] References
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Cline, William C. "In Search of Ammunition." In the Nick of Time. New York: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1984. ISBN 0-78640-471-X.
- Harmon, Jim and Donald F. Glut. "Real Life Heroes: Just Strangle the Lion in Your Usual Way". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. New York: Routledge Publishing, 1973. ISBN 978-0713000979.
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