Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery

Plot

"Tailspin" Tommy (Clark Williams) and his fellow pilots prevent a group of corrupt businessmen, Manuel Casmetto (Herbert Heywood) and Horace Raymore (Matthew Betz ) from stealing Nazil Island's oil reserves. They are aided in their efforts by news reporter Milt Howe (Pat J. O'Brien). When Tommy is triumphant, he also finds he has a movie contract.

Chapter titles

1. Wreck of the Dirigible
2. The Roaring Fire God
3. Hurled from the Skies
4. A Bolt from the Blue
5. The Torrent
6. Flying Death
7. The Crash in the Clouds
8. Wings of Disaster
9. Crossed and Double Crossed
10. The Dungeon of Doom
11. Desperate Changes
12. The Last Stand

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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

Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery used a number of aircraft including a Fleet biplane, a Stearman C3 and a Fairchild cabin monoplane. A mock-up of a dirigible included an interior section.

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.