Tail Spin

1h 24m

Drama

6

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.

Cast

Alice Faye

Trixie Lee

Constance Bennett

Gerry Lester

Nancy Kelly

Lois Allen

Joan Davis

Babe Dugan

Charles Farrell

Bud

Jane Wyman

Alabama

Kane Richmond

Lieutenant Dick 'Tex' Price

Wally Vernon

Chick

Joan Valerie

Sunny

Harry Davenport

T.P. Lester

Edward Norris

Speed Allen

J. Anthony Hughes

Al Moore

Mary Gordon

Mrs. Lee

Robert Allen

Charlie

Irving Bacon

Storekeeper (Uncredited)

Helen Brown

Gerry's Nurse (Uncredited)

William B. Davidson

Sales Manager (Uncredited)

Fern Emmett

Matilda, Gerry's Maid (Uncredited)

Jonathan Hale

Racing Official Starter (Uncredited)

Sam Hayes

Announcer (Uncredited)

Harold Miller

Officer at Bar in Cleveland Club (Uncredited)

Adrian Morris

Repo Man (Uncredited)

Renie Riano

Chick's Pilot Girlfriend (Uncredited)

Harry Rosenthal

Harrison, Cafe Manager (Uncredited)

Edwin Stanley

Doctor (Uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

Powder Puff Derby Starter (Uncredited)

Eddie Dunn

Eddie, Mechanic (Uncredited)

Robert Lowery

Sam, Mechanic (Uncredited)

Ralph Dunn

Mechanic (Uncredited)

Jack Pennick

Mechanic (Uncredited)

James Conaty

Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)

Larry Steers

Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)

Murray Alper

Albuquerque Mechanic (Uncredited)

Kit Guard

Kansas City Mechanic (Uncredited)

Eddie Marr

Kansas City Mechanic (Uncredited)

Milburn Stone

Kansas City Mechanic (Uncredited)

Alice Armand

Flyer (Uncredited)

Barbara Brewster

Flyer (Uncredited)

Gloria Brewster

Flyer (Uncredited)

Dorothy Dearing

Flyer (Uncredited)

Helen Ericson

Flyer (Uncredited)

June Gale

Flyer (Uncredited)

Betty Gillies

Flyer (Uncredited)

Mary Healy

Flyer (Uncredited)

Teddy Kenyon

Flyer (Uncredited)

Ruth Nichols

Flyer (Uncredited)

Lillian Porter

Flyer (Uncredited)

Margo Tanner

Flyer (Uncredited)

Crew

Roy Del Ruth

Director

Frank Wead

Writer

Allen McNeil

Editor

Karl Freund

Director of Photography

Booth McCracken

Assistant Director

Darryl F. Zanuck

Producer

Harry Joe Brown

Associate Producer

Gwen Wakeling

Costume Design

Eugene Grossman

Sound

Roger Heman Sr.

Sound

Louis Silvers

Music Director, Additional Music

Cyril J. Mockridge

Additional Music

Jule Styne

Vocal Coach

Thomas Little

Set Decoration

Audrey Scott

Stunt Double

Bernard Herzbrun

Art Direction

Rudolph Sternad

Art Direction