Genre:
Adventure

Synopsis:
Trent as Tommy tries to help some juvenile delinquents by getting them interested in model airplane building. He encounters a special kid, Whitey, whom he literally takes under his wings. He introduces him to the joys of building balsa wood and tissue model airplanes. When Tommy crash-lands in a storm, the boy helps rescue him by using the miniature plane as a signal to the search parties. The publicity that arises from the rescue causes the formerly delinquent Baker to reevaluate his outlook on life and reforms him from a rough speaking youngster to a caring and talented friend. The kid's adult brother, who is up to no good, tricks Whitey into helping him in the plots to rob a payroll flight. Whitey works out a way that kids can give distress signals by having model planes do miniature skywriting, which he also shows Tailspin. Faking a fatal accident Whitey's brother convinces the former to get Tailspin to land using his smoke signal. Capturing Tailspin Tommy and getting their hands on the payroll 'dough', the villains take Whitey and Tailspin to their hideout, with no intentions of keeping them alive. Tailspin and Whitey conspire a plan to save their lives and it is time for another model airplane to save the day.
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Casts:
John Trent .... Tailspin Tommy Tompkins
Marjorie Reynolds .... Betty Lou Barnes
Milburn Stone .... Skeeter Milligan
Tommy Baker .... Whitey
Dennis Moore .... Duke
Julius Tannen .... Dawson
Eddie Parker .... Williams
Joseph E. Bernard .... Brown
Harry Harvey Jr. .... Johnny
Jason Robards Sr. .... Paul Smith
Walter Wills .... Cap

Superheroes:
Tailspin Tommy Thompkins

Runtime:
65 min

Based on the comic strip:
"Tailspin Tommy" created by Hal Forrest

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