Tom Mix wears a monocle and crashes a plane into a revolution. 1922 had NO chill.
When Henry Boone hears his grandfather's stories of his youth as a pioneer and scout, he is gripped by the fires of romance and decides to hunt adventure. Boone finds himself in an airplane carrying a military message to a leader of a revolution in a South American country. He is arrested as a spy but escapes and saves the ruler's daughter from the revolutionaries.
Stunts
Tom Mix supposedly did his own plane stunts. Supposedly.
Costume
The monocle. That's it. That's the highlight.
Director
Edward Sedgwick
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tom Mix was Hollywood's highest-paid actor in 1922, earning $17,500 weekly—roughly $300,000 today. The monocle was probably insured.
This is peak 'Yellow Peril' and Latin American revolution as exotic backdrop era—South America here is basically a theme park for white adventurers.
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