

Tail Spin
WOMEN AIR RACES...Ripping the skies asunder with blinding speed.
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.
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United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR19 Feb 1939
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical5 Feb 1940
FinlandFI
- Theatrical27 Aug 1939
FranceFR
- Theatrical5 Apr 1939
HungaryHU
- Theatrical5 Sept 1939
PortugalPT
- Theatrical6 Mar 1940
SwedenSE
- Theatrical24 Apr 1939
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Tail Spin was released on 19 February 1939.
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CinemaSerf
4/17/2022
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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