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Language
  
English

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Duration
  

Country
  
United States

The Mystery Squadron movie poster

Director
  
Colbert Clark David Howard

Writer
  
Sherman L. Lowe
,
Al Martin
,
Barney A. Sarecky
,
Colbert Clark
,
David Howard
,
Wyndham Gittens

Release date
  
December 22, 1933 (1933-12-22) (U.S.)

The Mystery Squadron is a 1933 American Pre-Code 12-episode Mascot movie serial, and is one of the earlier serials to feature extensive aviation sequences.

Contents

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Plot

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A dam being built by Stephen Gray (Lafe McKee) comes under attack from the mysterious pilot, The Black Ace (Jack Mulhall), and his "Mystery Squadron" of pilots. The identity of the Black Ace is so secret that it is even concealed from his own men in the Mystery Squadron.

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Fred Cromwell (Bob Steele) and his partner Bill Cook (Guinn "Big Boy" Williams) seek to identify the Black Ace and stop his attacks on Gray's construction of the power dam, as a number of characters behave suspiciously, including Lafe Johnson (Purnell Pratt), a rival contractor to Gray, Martin (Edward Peil, Sr.), the hotel owner, Collins (J. Carrol Naish), a construction employee for Gray and Dr. Flint (Robert Frazer).

Cast

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  • Bob Steele as Fred Cromwell, old stunt pilot friend of Hank Davis
  • Guinn "Big Boy" Williams as Bill "Jellybean" Cook, old stunt pilot friend of Hank Davis
  • Lucile Browne as Dorothy Gray
  • Jack Mulhall as Hank Davis, dam foreman and ex-stunt pilot
  • Purnell Pratt as Lafe Johnson
  • Robert Frazer as Dr Flint
  • J. Carrol Naish as Collins
  • Edward Peil, Sr. as Martin
  • Bob Kortman as Bracken
  • Lafe McKee as Stephen Gray

    • Production

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    Mascot Pictures made an impressive serial using a great deal of aerial footage to enliven the action.

    Stunts

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  • Yakima Canutt
  • George Magrill

    • Chapter titles

    1. The Black Ace
    2. The Fatal Warning
    3. The Black Ace Strikes
    4. Men of Steel
    5. The Death Swoop
    6. Doomed
    7. Enemy Signals
    8. The Canyon of Calamity
    9. The Secret of the Mine
    10. Clipped Wings
    11. The Beast at Bay
    12. The Ace of Aces

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    References

    The Mystery Squadron Wikipedia
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    The Mystery Squadron IMDb The Mystery Squadron themoviedb.org