Writing

Hal Forrest

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Known For

Abbott and Costello Go to MarsAbbott and Costello Go to Mars · 1953
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
★ 5.51953
MovieComedyScience Fiction
Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to Mars. Instead it goes to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. They are then forced by bank robber Mugsy and his pal Harry to fly to Venus where they find a civilization made up entirely of women, men having been banished.
Stunt PilotStunt Pilot · 1939
Stunt Pilot
★ 6.01939
MovieCrimeAdventure
The second of a series of four features Monogram made based on the comic strip by Hal Forrest (Universal also used the strip characters in two serials), finds a movie company shooting a war picture at Three Points airport, with Tailspin Tommy Tompkins as a stunt pilot in the film. Tommy is incensed by the complete disregard for human life shown by the film's director, Sheehan, and quits. Sheehan gets a replacement pilot named Earl Martin, who is known as a reckless pilot who will try an aerial stunt for a thrill. He hand Tommy get into a fight when Martin takes Betty Lou Barnes for a ride in a plane that is practically falling apart.
Mystery PlaneMystery Plane · 1939
Mystery Plane
★ 7.21939
MovieCrimeAdventure
An American pilot with a top-secret invention is kidnapped by foreign agents.
Sky PatrolSky Patrol · 1939
Sky Patrol
★ 5.51939
MovieDramaAction
"Tailspin Tommy" Tompkins and "Skeeter" Milligan are training young U. S. Army fliers for the newly-formed 'Sky Patrol,'a branch of the Army Reserves which operates along the borders and coast-lines, on the lookout for smugglers. Carter Meade, whose father is the Colonel in charge of the patrol, has a terror of firing guns and his father insists he conquer this fear. Tommy sends him out on patrol, on orders from Washington D. C., to stop any unfamiliar aircraft. Carter challenges an unmarked amphibian plane, which opens fire on him. Carter, afraid to shoot, bails out as his plane is shot down. Carter is missing, and Tommy and Skeeter are searching for him and the mysterious airplane.
Danger FlightDanger Flight · 1939
Danger Flight
★ 4.41939
MovieAdventure
Crooks plot to steal a payroll being shipped by air.

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