Danger Flight

Danger Flight
Directed byHoward Bretherton
Written byHal Forrest (comic strip "Tailspin Tommy")
Byron Morgan (screenplay)
Edwin C. Parsons (screenplay)
Produced byPaul Malvern
StarringJohn Trent
Marjorie Reynolds
Milburn Stone
Jason Robards Sr.
CinematographyFred Jackman Jr.
Edited byEdward Schroeder
Production
company
Distributed byMonogram Pictures
Release date
  • November 1, 1939 (1939-11-01)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.[1] The film featured young aviation enthusiasts in a model club.[2]

Sky Patrol is based on the comic strip Tailspin Tommy by Hal Forrest and Glenn Chaffin. [N 1] The final offering of four "Tailspin Tommy" films made by Monogram Pictures, Danger Flight, was released on November 1, 1939.[4]

  1. ^ "Catalog: 'Danger Flight'." Catalog.afi.com, 2019. Retrieved: July 15, 2019.
  2. ^ Wynne 1987, p. 172.
  3. ^ Farmer 1984, p. 130.
  4. ^ Brennan, Sandra. "Review: 'Danger Flight' (1939)." AllMovie, 2019. Retrieved: July 15, 2019.


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