Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery
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| Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ray Taylor |
| Produced by | Henry MacRae |
| Written by | Raymond Cannon Ella O'Neill Basil Dickey Robert Hershon George H. Plympton Hal Forrest (comic strip) |
| Music by | David Klatzkin Clifford Vaughan Oliver Wallace |
| Cinematography | Richard Fryer Leonard Galezio John Hickson William A. Sickner |
| Editing by | Albert Akst Saul A. Goodkind Alvin Todd Edward Todd |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 5 March 1935 |
| Running time | 12 chapters (236 min) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Tailspin Tommy |
Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery (1935) is a Universal movie serial based on the Tailspin Tommy comic strip by Hal Forrest. It was the 96th of the 137 serials released by the studio (the 28th of which to be made with sound).
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Plot
"Tailspin" Tommy and friends prevent corrupt businessmen from stealing Nazil Island's oil reserves.
Cast
- Clark Williams as "Tailspin" Tommy Tompkins
- Jean Rogers as Betty Lou Barnes, one of "Tailspin" Tommy's companions
- Delphine Drew as Inez Casmetto
- Noah Beery, Jr. as Skeeter Milligan, one of "Tailspin" Tommy's companions
- Bryant Washburn as Ned Curtis, Betty's uncle and a heroic oil tycoon
- Pat J. O'Brien as Milt Howe, a masked mystery plot known as The Eagle and El Condor
- Herbert Heywood as Manuel Casmetto, villainous half-brother of Don Alvarado Casmetto
- Matthew Betz as Horace Raymore, villainous oil tycoon
- Paul Ellis as Enrico Garcia, Don Casmetto secretary and Manuel Casmetto's henchman
- Harry Worth as Don Alvarado Casmetto, Nazil Island's ruler
- Manuel López as Gomez
- Charles A. Browne as Paul Smith
- James P. Burtis as Bill McGuire, a reporter
- Frank Mayo as the Dirigible Captain
- Frank Clarke as a flyer, billed as "Air Ace Frank Clark"
Production
Stunts
- Frank Clarke, stunt pilot
- George DeNormand
Critical reception
Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery is considered to be an improvement on the previous Tailspin Tommy serial.[1][2]
Chapter titles
- Wreck of the Dirigible
- The Roaring Fire God
- Hurled from the Skies
- A Bolt from the Blue
- The Torrent
- Flying Death
- The Crash in the Clouds
- Wings of Disaster
- Crossed and Double Crossed
- The Dungeon of Doom
- Desperate Changes
- The Last Stand
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See also
References
- ↑ "DVD Serial Review". In The Balcony. http://www.inthebalcony.com/cliffhanger/page36.html. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
- ↑ "Serial review". http://filesofjerryblake.netfirms.com/html/tailspin_tommy_in_the_great_ai.html. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
- ↑ Cline, William C.. "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc.. pp. 213. ISBN 078640471X.
External links
- Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery at the Internet Movie Database
- Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery at Allmovie
| Preceded by The Roaring West (1935) | Universal Serial Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery (1935) | Succeeded by The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936) |
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