The Fighting Pilot (1935)
1935 · Feature film · 56 min · dir. Noel M. Smith
- Action
- Romance
Synopsis
An inventor develops a new type of aircraft. A crooked businessman attempts to buy it but the inventor refuses to sell it to him, whereupon the rejected businessman and his henchmen steals the plane and its blueprints. The plane's test pilot, who is the boyfriend of the inventor's daughter, and his sidekick set out to get the plane, and the plans, back.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Noel M. Smith
- Writer
- Rudolph Cusumano
- Studio
- Reliable Pictures Corporation
- Released
- 1935-02-12
- Running time
- 56 minutes
Cast & crew
Noel M. Smith Director
Richard Talmadge
Gertrude Messinger
Robert Frazer- Victor Metzetti
William Humphrey
Rafael Alcayde
Jack Cheatham
Douglas Ross
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Non Stop Action And Nonsense · bobsluckycat · 2013-08-04
Richard Talmadge is very impressive here as a rough and tumble test pilot trying to retrieve a test plane and it's plans. He and the entire stunt crew pull out all the stops in this little action film. Talmadge would have a long career behind the cameras as well as stunt co-ordinator, etc. Gertrude Messinger, former child star is bright and sunny as the girlfriend. She is a much overlooked, but talented actress of her day. A low cost Jean Harlow type. The comedy? of Eddie Davis as Berty nearly sinks the picture in the early going, but he manages to pull off the important sidekick duties when…
