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They smash through skylights, tumble down staircases, drop from a high rooftop into a waiting convertible – the only fall Skipper Clark and his devil-may-care pals won’t take is to fall in love. That’s because Skipper, Bob Hughes and their fellow stunt-men know that the concerns of a wife and family don’t mix with the risks of a Hollywood stunt-man’s career. Yet Skipper falls hard for lovely Fran. After their marriage, he loses his nerve during the shooting of a dangerous two-man scene, putting Bob’s life in peril. Skipper is then shunned by his profession and, desperate for funds, agrees to perform an almost-suicidal waterfall stunt refused by the other stunt-men. Bill Boyd, a big star of TV’s early days when he brought his popular Hopalong Cassidy films to the small screen, portrays Skipper in this B-programmer filled with glimpses of the era’s filmmaking techniques and created by David O. Selznick’s RKO production unit.
Original Release
02/03/1933
US Release
02/03/1933
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Cast
Name | Character |
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William Boyd | Skipper Clark |
Dorothy Wilson | Frances 'Fran' Sibley Clark / Fran Whitley |
William Gargan | Bob Hughes |
Bob Rose | Rusty McDonald |
Roscoe Ates | Gabby |
William Bakewell | Slugger Jones |
Julie Haydon | Doris Jones |
Bruce Cabot | Happy White |
Rochelle Hudson | Visitor |
Sylvia Picker | Midge |
Directors
Writers
Bob Rose, Agnes Christine Johnston, Ben Markson, Casey Robinson
Cast
Name | Character |
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William Boyd | Skipper Clark |
Dorothy Wilson | Frances 'Fran' Sibley Clark / Fran Whitley |
William Gargan | Bob Hughes |
Bob Rose | Rusty McDonald |
Roscoe Ates | Gabby |
William Bakewell | Slugger Jones |
Julie Haydon | Doris Jones |
Bruce Cabot | Happy White |
Rochelle Hudson | Visitor |
Sylvia Picker | Midge |
Lon Chaney Jr. | Frankie Wilde / Frankie |
Gladden James | Neville Silverman - Assistant Director |
Phyllis Fraser | Toots |
Edwin Stanley | Mr. Spence - A Director |
Betty Furness | Ginger |
Alan Roscoe | Mr. Hacket - A Director |
Charles Gillette | Cameraman |
Ward Bond | Crewman |
Marion Byron | Peanuts |
Billy Gratton | Skipper's Baby |
Producers
Name | Role |
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David O. Selznick | Executive Producer |
Merlin Aylesworth | Producer |
Merian C. Cooper | Producer |