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Tail Spin

6.3/10
TMDB7 votes
1939Original: English84 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.

Genres: Drama
Cast: Alice Faye, Constance Bennett, Nancy Kelly, Joan Davis, Charles Farrell

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About Tail Spin

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

Tail Spin (1939) is a film in the drama genres. Directed by Roy Del Ruth. The cast includes Alice Faye, Constance Bennett, Nancy Kelly, Joan Davis.

Released
1939-02-19
Original language
English
Runtime
84 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
United States of America
Production companies
20th Century Fox
Directors
Roy Del Ruth
Writers
Frank Wead

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Audience reviews

6.3/10 from 7 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

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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…

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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 of the sound stage stuff set against back-projected scenarios just looks cheap. Joan Davis ("Babe") is enthusiastic enough, providing some light-hearted input but for the most part this is really quite a disappointing rendering of what could have been a much better, more exciting, film. The gorgeous silent film star Charles Farrell ("Street Angel" (1928) and "City Girl" (1930) are great films) chips in now and again, and that helps significantly, but not enough to get this off the ground. Watchable, but forgettable.

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What is Tail Spin about?

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.

Who stars in Tail Spin?

Alice Faye, Constance Bennett, Nancy Kelly, Joan Davis, Charles Farrell, Jane Wyman. See the cast cards above for character names.

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