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Tail Spin is a american film of genre Drama directed by Roy Del Ruth released in USA on 19 february 1939 with Alice Faye
Tail Spin (1939)
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Add to a movie listTail Spin (aka Tailspin) is a 1939 aviation film. The screenplay was written by Frank Wead and directed by Roy Del Ruth. It was based on the book, "Women with Wings: A novel of the modern day aviatrix" (Ganesha Publishing, 1935), authored by Genevieve Haugen, who was also an advisor and stunt pilot in the film. Tail Spin starred Alice Faye, Constance Bennett, Nancy Kelly, Joan Davis, Charles Farrell and Jane Wyman.
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Trixie Lee (Alice Faye) takes a leave of absence from her job as a Hollywood hat-check girl to pursue her career as an aviatrix. She and partner Babe Dugan (Joan Davis) enter an air race from Los Angeles to Cleveland, but an oil leak causes their aircraft to crash.Actors
Alice Faye
(Trixie Lee)
Constance Bennett
(Gerry Lester)
Nancy Kelly
(Lois Allen)
Joan Davis
(Babe Dugan)
Charles Farrell
(Bud)
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