The Mysterious Pilot
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The Mysterious Pilot 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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Columbia Pictures
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movie serial
Serial (film)
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based on the book by William Byron Mowery and starring the record-breaking aviator Frank Hawks. This was the second serial produced by Columbia.
Cast
Frank Hawks | as RCAF Capt. Jim Down | Frank Hawks was billed as the "Fastest airman in the world." |
Dorothy Sebastian Dorothy Sebastian Dorothy Sebastian was an American film and stage actress.-Early life and career:Sebastian was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. In her youth she hoped to be a dancer and later a film actress. Her family frowned on both ambitions, however, so she fled to New York at the age of 15... |
as Jean McNain | |
Esther Ralston Esther Ralston Esther Ralston was an American movie actress whose greatest popularity came during the silent era.-Early life and career:... |
as Vivian McNain | |
Rex Lease Rex Lease Rex Lloyd Lease was an American actor. He appeared in over 300 films, mainly in westerns. Lease was accused in 1930 by Vivian Duncan of the Duncan Sisters for assault... |
as RCAF Sergeant 'Kansas' Eby | |
Guy Bates Post | as 'Papa' Bergelot | |
Kenneth Harlan Kenneth Harlan Kenneth Harlan was an American leading man of the silent film era, playing mostly romantic leads or adventurer types.-Career:... |
as Carter Snowden | |
Yakima Canutt Yakima Canutt Yakima Canutt , also known as Yak Canutt, was an American rodeo rider, actor, stuntman and action director.-Biography:... |
as Indian Luke | |
George Rosener George Rosener George Michael Rosener wrote and acted in the Frank Buck serial Jungle Menace. -Career:... |
as Fritz | |
Clara Kimball Young Clara Kimball Young Clara Kimball Young was an American film actress, who was highly regarded and publicly popular in the early silent film era.-Early life:... |
as Martha, Fritz's Wife | |
Frank Lackteen Frank Lackteen Frank Lackteen was a Lebanese-born American film actor best known for his antagonistic roles. He appeared in nearly 200 films between 1916 and 1965, including several Three Stooges shorts. He was born in Kubber-Ilias, Lebanon and died in Los Angeles, California... |
as Yoroslaff, a henchman | |
Harry Harvey Harry Harvey (actor) Harry Harvey was an American actor.- Career :Born in Indian Territory, U.S.. Was a film character actor, he has more 300 appeared in television series and movies... |
as James 'Soft Shoe' Cardigan, a henchman | |
Tom London Tom London Tom London was an American actor who, according to "The Guinness Book of Movie Records," is credited with appearing in the most movies in the history of Hollywood... |
as Kilgour, a henchman | |
Bob Walker Robert D. Walker Robert D. Walker was an American film actor. He appeared in 215 films between 1913 and 1953.He was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:* Blue Jeans... |
as Boyer, a lumberjack-henchman | |
Ted Adams Ted Adams (actor) Ted Adams was an American film actor. He appeared in nearly two hundred films between 1926 and 1952.He was born in New York City, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:... |
as Carlson, a henchman | |
Production
Mysterious Pilot was adapted from the novel "The Silver Hawk" by William Byron Mowery.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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