Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery

Oct 20, 1935

3h 56m

★ 6.0

THE SMASHING SUCCESSOR TO THE SMASHING SERIAL IS HERE!...Far Greater Than "Tailspin Tommy" With More Adventures, Thrills, Excitement - And Mystery!

Overview

A 12-episode serial in which Tailspin Tommy evades volcanoes, anti-aircraft shells, and time bombs as he foils a plan by corrupt profiteers to steal an island's oil reserves.

Genres

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

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Cast

Tailspin Tommy Tompkins

Clark Williams

Betty Lou Barnes

Jean Rogers

Skeeter Milligan

Noah Beery Jr.

Inez Casmetto

Delphine Drew

Ned Curtis

Bryant Washburn

Milt Howe

Pat J. O'Brien

Manuel Casmetto

Herbert Heywood

Horace Raymore

Matthew Betz

Enrico Garcia

Paul Ellis

Don Alvarado Casmetto

Harry Worth

Gomez

Manuel López

Paul Smith

Charles A. Browne

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