The Mysterious Pilot


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. In the serial, Hawks plays a flying "mountie".

Plot

Carter Snowden about to marry Jean McNain, 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 for help. With his friend "Kansas" and Indian Luke, 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

  1. The Howl of the Wolf
  2. The Web Tangles
  3. Enemies of the Air
  4. In the Hands of the Law
  5. The Crack-up
  6. The Dark Hour
  7. Wings of Destiny
  8. Battle in the Sky
  9. The Great Flight
  10. Whirlpool of Death
  11. The Haunted Mill
  12. The Lost Trail
  13. The Net Tightens
  14. Vengeance Rides the Airways
  15. Retribution
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Cast

Mysterious Pilot was adapted from the novel "The Silver Hawk" by William Byron Mowery. Frank Hawks was billed in Mysterious Pilot as the "Fastest airman in the world." After each episode, Hawks appeared to deliver a "flying lesson". A Sikorsky S-39 amphibian was featured in the serial.

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