Danger Flight
Danger Flight (aka Scouts of the Air) is a 1939 American film directed by Howard Bretherton and starring John Trent as Tailspin Tommy Tompkins, Marjorie Reynolds, Milburn Stone and Jason Robards Sr. The film featured young aviation enthusiasts in a model club.
Plot
Ace flyer "Tailspin" Tommy Tomkins (John Trent) starts a model flying club for young boys, to learn about aviation. When Mr. Brown (Joseph E. Bernard) receives a large payroll by aircraft, then by car, gangster Mike Lewis (Dennis Moore) and two gang members try to hold him up. Tommy agrees to carry the next payroll by small aircraft and then helps Mike's little brother Whitey (Tommy Baker), a tough orphan, get a model aircraft and join the model club.
More details
author | Hal Forrest |
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director | Howard Bretherton |
editor | Edward Schroeder |
events | aviation |
genre | adventure |
keywords | car accident dennis moore fly for you gang member joseph e. bernard julius tannen little brother medical supplies secret code smoke signal tailspin tommy young boy |
producer | Paul Malvern |
productionCompany | Monogram Pictures |
publisher | Monogram Pictures |