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Tailspin Tommy

  • Adventure
  • Thriller
  • Romance
  • Crime
  • Action

October 29, 1934 (US)

4h 8m

Hal Forrest's great cartoon heroes on the screen in a screaming serial of the skyways!...Breathless excitement awaits you. Come! TWELVE TERRIFIC EPISODES!

A young mechanic gets a job with a small airline, which he helps win a mail contract. A rival airline plots to destroy it in order to get the contracts for itself.

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