Tail Spin (1939)


Tail Spin
Release Date19 February 1939
GenreDrama
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
TagsAir Race, Airplane, Barnstorming, Competition, Friendship, Racer, Rival, Socialite, Sports, Support, Woman

Tail Spin is a 1939 aviation film starring Alice Faye, Constance Bennett, Nancy Kelly, Joan Davis, Charles Farrell, and Jane Wyman. The movie was written by Frank Wead and directed by Roy Del Ruth.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Trixie Lee

Gerry Lester

Lois Allen

Babe Dugan

Alabama

Lt. Dick 'Tex' Price

Wally Vernon
Chick

Sunny

Speed Allen

J. Anthony Hughes
Al Moore

T.P. Lester

Mary Gordon
Mrs. Lee

Robert Allen
Charlie

Eddie Dunn
Eddie, Mechanic

Albuquerque Mechanic

Storekeeper

Helen Brown
Gerry's Nurse

James Conaty
Nightclub Patron

Sales Manager

Ralph Dunn
Mechanic

Fern Emmett
Matilda, Gerry's Maid

Kit Guard
Kansas City Mechanic

Racing Official Starter

Sam Hayes
Announcer

Sam, Mechanic

Eddie Marr
Kansas City Mechanic

Harold Miller
Officer at Bar in Cleveland Club

Adrian Morris
Repo Man

Jack Pennick
Mechanic

Renie Riano
Chick's Pilot Girlfriend

Harry Rosenthal
Harrison, Cafe Manager

Edwin Stanley
Doctor

Larry Steers
Nightclub Patron

Kansas City Mechanic

Powder Puff Derby Starter

Director

Roy Del Ruth
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Producer

writer

associate producer

producer

Original Music

Louis Silvers
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Cinematographer

Editor

Allen McNeil
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Art Director

Bernard Herzbrun
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Rudolph Sternad
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Set Decorator

Thomas Little
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Costume Designer

Gwen Wakeling
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Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Booth McCracken
assistant director

Sound Department

Eugene Grossman
sound

Roger Heman Sr.
sound

Stunts

Audrey Scott
stunt double

Music Department

Mack Gordon
composer: song "Are You in the Mood For Mischief?"

Harry Revel
composer: song "Are You in the Mood For Mischief?"

Louis Silvers
musical director

Other Crew

Clifford W.S. Henderson
technical director

Paul Mantz
technical director

Production Company

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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Distributor

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

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