Tail Spin
Tail Spin
Release: 1939-02-19
·Runtime: 84m
·★ 5.8
Drama
Trixie is a female pilot looking to win a big race to advance her career. During one race, however, her plane becomes damaged, and she needs help to repair it. She meets a Navy pilot named "Tex" Price and tries to gain his aid. Tex soon meets another pilot, Gerry, a novice who seeks to win an important upcoming race. Tex, concerned for Gerry's safety, tries to convince her not to race. But Gerry, now a rival of Trixie's, is determined to fly.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Cast
Milburn Stone
as Kansas City Mechanic (Uncredited)
Alice Faye
as Trixie Lee
Wally Vernon
as Chick
J. Anthony Hughes
as Al Moore
Irving Bacon
as Storekeeper (Uncredited)
Edwin Stanley
as Doctor (Uncredited)
Edward Norris
as Speed Allen
Fern Emmett
as Matilda, Gerry's Maid (Uncredited)
Harold Miller
as Officer at Bar in Cleveland Club (Uncredited)
Larry Steers
as Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
Barbara Brewster
as Flyer (Uncredited)
Helen Ericson
as Flyer (Uncredited)
Harry Davenport
as T.P. Lester
Helen Brown
as Gerry's Nurse (Uncredited)
Renie Riano
as Chick's Pilot Girlfriend (Uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
as Powder Puff Derby Starter (Uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
as Eddie, Mechanic (Uncredited)
Mary Healy
as Flyer (Uncredited)
Lillian Porter
as Flyer (Uncredited)
Nancy Kelly
as Lois Allen
Kane Richmond
as Lieutenant Dick 'Tex' Price
Adrian Morris
as Repo Man (Uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
as Mechanic (Uncredited)
Kit Guard
as Kansas City Mechanic (Uncredited)
Gloria Brewster
as Flyer (Uncredited)
Robert Allen
as Charlie
Charles Farrell
as Bud
Jane Wyman
as Alabama
William B. Davidson
as Sales Manager (Uncredited)
Jack Pennick
as Mechanic (Uncredited)
Murray Alper
as Albuquerque Mechanic (Uncredited)
Eddie Marr
as Kansas City Mechanic (Uncredited)
Joan Valerie
as Sunny
Sam Hayes
as Announcer (Uncredited)
June Gale
as Flyer (Uncredited)
Joan Davis
as Babe Dugan
Mary Gordon
as Mrs. Lee
Robert Lowery
as Sam, Mechanic (Uncredited)
Constance Bennett
as Gerry Lester
Jonathan Hale
as Racing Official Starter (Uncredited)
Harry Rosenthal
as Harrison, Cafe Manager (Uncredited)