Tailspin Tommy (1934) - film review

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Tailspin Tommy is an American action film first released in 1934, directed by Lew Landers. The film stars Maurice Murphy, Noah Beery Jr., Patricia Farr, Walter Miller and Grant Withers. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: Lew Landers
Script: Hal Forrest, Ella O’Neill, Vin Moore, Basil Dickey, Norman S. Hall, Robert Hershon, George H. Plympton
Photo: Richard Fryer, William A. Sickner
Cast: Maurice Murphy (Tailspin Tommy Tompkins), Noah Beery Jr. (Peter ’Skeeter’ Milligan), Patricia Farr (Betty Lou Barnes), Walter Miller (Bruce Hoyt), Grant Withers (Milt Howe), Charles A. Browne (Paul Smith), Bryant Washburn (Mr. Grant – Film Director of ’Midnight Patrol’, Chs. 10-12), Belle Daube (Mrs. Martha Tompkins, Tommy’s Mother – Chs. 1, 12), John Davidson (Wade ’Tiger’ Taggart), Harrison Greene (Air Circus Announcer [Ch. 2]), William Desmond (Sloane – Taggart’s Office Henchman, Chs. 4, 7, 10-11), Lew Kelly (Victor Martin – Three Point Airport Dispatcher), John Ince (Eric Peabody [Chs. 3-5]), Lee Beggs (Deacon Grimes [Chs. 1,12]), Ethan Laidlaw (Bart Dirk, Henchman), Dennis Moore (Pilot Herb Slack), Edmund Cobb (Pilot ’Speed’ Walton), Jack Leonard (Al, Skinny Mechanic), Monte Montague (Cliff, Hefty Mechanic), Rita Rozelle (Mary Dale – Actress in ’Midnight Patrol’, Ch. 10), Beulah Hutton (Sloane’s Ambassador Club Date), Gertrude Astor (Fake Office Nurse), Jimmy Grier (Jimmy Grier- Orchestra Leader, from Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932)), Dennis O’Keefe (Dance Extra, from Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932)), King Baggot (Airplane Inspector [Ch. 1]), Walter Brennan (Hospital Orderly – slugged by ’Skeeter’, Ch. 8), Lynton Brent (Jack Bradley), Don Brodie (Man at Airport with Automobile [Ch. 9]), Horace B. Carpenter (Postmaster Jed Purdy [Chs. 1, 12]), Richard Cramer (Police Radio Man (from Radio Patrol (1932)) [Chs. 7, 12]), Anne Darling (Nurse [Ch. 8]), Edgar Dearing (Whistle-blowing Policeman – Ch. 12), George DeNormand (George – Denver Official, Ch. 6), Walter Fabian (Bevan), Al Ferguson (Henchman Curly – Chs. 3-7, 9), Richard Fryer (Fryer – Midnight Patrol Movie Cameraman, Chs. 10-12), Chester Gan (Flapjack – the Cook, Ch. 1), William Gould (Sheriff of Starbuck [Ch. 11]), Pat Harmon (El Paso Official – Ch. 6), Otto Hoffman (Dr. Krantz, Chemist [Ch. 4-5]), Lois January (Mrs. Grant – L.A. Film Premiere, Ch. 12), Tiny Jones (Wardrobe Woman, Venture Pictures), Jack ’Tiny’ Lipson (Hefty Extra in Cafe [Ch. 5]), George Magrill (Henchman Bailey [Chs. 4, 6-7]), Jack Mower (Police Captain Jones [Ch. 12]), Charles Murphy (Henchman-Mechanic Grease Rowley), Bud Osborne (Pug Nelson. Henchman-Mechanic), Rose Plumer (Mother’s Train Companion [Chs. 11-12]), Dick Rush (Posse Sheriff [Ch. 5]), Slim Whitaker (Henchman Charlie – Chs. 6-7), Jane Withers (Little Girl going to Littleville Premiere – Ch. 12), William Worthington (Denver Doctor [Ch. 6])
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 248 min; B&W

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