Tail Spin (1939)
WOMEN AIR RACES...Ripping the skies asunder with blinding speed.
84 min
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.
- Release date
- February 19, 1939
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Alice Faye as Trixie Lee
- Constance Bennett as Gerry Lester
- Nancy Kelly as Lois Allen
- Joan Davis as Babe Dugan
- Charles Farrell as Bud
- Jane Wyman as Alabama
- Kane Richmond as Lt. Dick 'Tex' Price
- Wally Vernon as Chick
- Joan Valerie as Sunny
- Edward Norris as Speed Allen
Crew
- Roy Del Ruth · Director
- Frank Wead · Writer
- Darryl F. Zanuck · Producer
- Karl Freund · Cinematographer
- Allen McNeil · Editor