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Tail Spin

Tail Spin

WOMEN AIR RACES...Ripping the skies asunder with blinding speed.

6.3 (7)1939-02-191h 24m
Drama

Overview

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
20th Century Fox

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Director
Roy Del Ruth
Writers
Frank Wead
Cinematography
Karl Freund

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

April 17, 2022

5/10

Alice Faye tries really hard here as "Trixie" who begs, blags and borrows in order to take part in the "Powder Puff" air race across the USA - the prize is a whopping great $100,000! Her main competitor is the wealthy "Gerry" (pronounced "Gary" - Constance Bennett). What now ensues is a rather procedural rivalry drama peppered with a rather melancholy song from Faye and some really quite good aerial photography. The film itself is nothing at all to write home about. The writing is bland and most…