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| name = The Mysterious Pilot

| image = Mysterious Pilot.jpg

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| caption = Chapter One poster (Note: 'The Howl of the Wolf' is featured)

| director = Spencer Gordon Bennet

| producer = Louis Weiss

| writer =

| narrator =

| starring = Frank Hawks

| music = Abe Meyer (musical director/uncredited)

| cinematography =

| editing = Earl Turner (film editor)

| studio = Columbia Pictures

| distributor = Columbia Pictures

| released =

| runtime = 15 chapters (300 min)

| country = United States

| language = English

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'The Mysterious Pilot' is a 15-episode 1937 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.Weiss and Goodgold 1973, pp. 110111. In the serial, Hawks plays a flying "mountie".Pendo 1985, p. 16.

Plot



Carter Snowden (Kenneth Harlan) about to marry Jean McNain (Dorothy Sebastian), is accused of murder. When his accuser is killed, Jean flees the train she is on, and heads into the Canadian woods. Snowden sends a bodyguard to find Jean, who appeals to RCMP Captain Jim Down (Frank Hawks) for help. With his friend "Kansas" (Rex Lease) and Indian Luke (Yakima Canutt), Jim hides Jean.

Snowden tracks down Jean and tries to lure her to his aircraft by telling her that Jim is injured and needs her. As soon as they realize what has happened, Jim and Kansas take to the air and force Snowden's aircraft down. Jean is unhurt but Snowden dies in the crash. Trying to get down to Jean, Jim's parachute gets tangled in the trees and Jean ends up rescuing him.

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

Source:Cline 1984, p. 213.

Cast



* Frank Hawks as Captain Jim Down

* 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

Production



'Mysterious Pilot' was adapted from the novel "The Silver Hawk" by William Byron Mowery.Cline 1984, p. 11. Frank Hawks was billed in 'Mysterious Pilot' as the "Fastest airman in the world."Harmon and Glut 1973, p. 109. After each episode, Hawks appeared to deliver a "flying lesson". A Sikorsky S-39 amphibian was featured in the serial.Farmer 1984, p. 321.

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Bibliography



* Cline, William C. "In Search of Ammunition." 'In the Nick of Time'. New York: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1984. .

* Farmer, James H. 'Celluloid Wings: The Impact of Movies on Aviation'. Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania: Tab Books Inc., 1984. .

* 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. .

* Pendo, Stephen. 'Aviation in the Cinema'. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1985. .

* Weiss, Ken and Ed Goodgold. 'To be Continued ...: A Complete Guide to Motion Picture Serials'. New York: Bonanza Books, 1973. .


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