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Tail Spin

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

6.3(7)19391h 24m2

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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Status
Released
Budget
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Language
English

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Roy Del Ruth

Writers

Frank Wead

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • 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.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    4/17/2022

    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 …

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