Tailspin Tommy
Hal Forrest's great cartoon heroes on the screen in a screaming serial of the skyways!...Breathless excitement awaits you. Come! TWELVE TERRIFIC EPISODES!
1934 · 248 min · ★ 7.5 · Adventure, Thriller, Romance, Crime, Action
A young mechanic gets a job with a small airline, which he helps win a mail contract. A rival airline plots to destroy it in order to get the contracts for itself.
Directed by Lew Landers
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Cast
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Maurice Murphy Tailspin Tommy Tompkins -
Noah Beery Jr. Peter 'Skeeter' Milligan -
Patricia Farr Betty Lou Barnes -
Walter Miller Bruce Hoyt -
Grant Withers Milt Howe - C Charles A. Browne Paul Smith
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Bryant Washburn Mr. Grant - Film Director of 'Midnight Patrol', Chs. 10-12
Make it a double feature
5h 32m togetherBoth from Lew Landers.
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