The Mysterious Pilot (1937)

Director:

Spencer Gordon Bennet

Writers:

George M. Merrick (screenplay)
William Byron Mowery (novel)

Release Date:

9 December 1937 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Mystery | Romance

Tagline:

ZOOMING ACROSS THE SCREEN TO DOOM KILLERS OF THE AIR! (Original poster)

Plot:

A 15-episode serial in which our hero, Jim Dorn (Hawks) helps hide Jean McNain (Sebastian) from a man she can implicate in a murder.

Plot Keywords:

Serial | Canoe | Canadian | Sergeant | Whirlpool

Cast

Frank Hawks	...	RCAF Capt. Jim Down
Dorothy Sebastian	...	Jean McNain
Esther Ralston	...	Vivian McNain [Chs.10-11]
Rex Lease	...	RCAF Sergeant 'Kansas' Eby
Guy Bates Post	...	'Papa' Bergelot [Chs.1-4,6-8,15]
Kenneth Harlan	...	Carter Snowden
Yakima Canutt	...	Indian Luke [Chs.1-2,4-8,15]
George Rosener	...	Fritz [Chs.3-5,9,14-15]
Clara Kimball Young	...	Martha, Fritz's Wife [Chs.3-5,9,14-15]
Frank Lackteen	...	Henchman Yoroslaff
Harry Harvey	...	Henchman James 'Soft Shoe' Cardigan
Tom London	...	Henchman Kilgour [Chs.1,3-4,6-9]
Robert Walker	...	Henchman-Lumberjack Boyer, in dark hat [Chs.10-14] (as Bob Walker)
Ted Adams	...	Henchman Carlson [Chs.1,3-5,7,10-11,14-15]

Runtime:

300 min (15 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #3852) (Chapter 1: The Howl of the Wolf) | USA:Approved (PCA #3853) (Chapter 2: The Web Tangles) | USA:Approved (PCA #3854) (Chapter 3: Enemies in the Air) | USA:Approved (PCA #3855) (Chapter 4: In the Hands of the Law) | USA:Approved (PCA #3856) (Chapter 5: The Crack-Up) | USA:Approved (PCA #3857) (Chapter 6: The Dark Hour) | USA:Approved (PCA #3858) (Chapter 7: Wings of Destiny) | USA:Approved (PCA #3859) (Chapter 8: Battle in the Sky) | USA:Approved (PCA #3890) (Chapter 9: The Great Fight) | USA:Approved (PCA #3891) (Chapter 10: Whirlpool of Death) | USA:Approved (PCA #3892) (Chapter 11: The Haunted Will) | USA:Approved (PCA #3893) (Chapter 12: The Lost Trail) | USA:Approved (PCA #3894) (Chapter 13: The Net Tightens) | USA:Approved (PCA #3895) (Chapter 14: Vengeance Rides the Airways) | USA:Approved (PCA #3896) (Chapter 15: Retribution)

Filming Locations:

Bass Lake, California, USA

Company:

Weiss Productions