Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery

A 12-episode serial in which Tailspin Tommy evades volcanoes, anti-aircraft shells, and time bombs as he foils a plan by corrupt profiteers to steal an island's oil reserves.

Cast

Clark Williams

as Tailspin Tommy Tompkins

Jean Rogers

as Betty Lou Barnes

Noah Beery Jr.

as Skeeter Milligan

Delphine Drew

as Inez Casmetto

Bryant Washburn

as Ned Curtis

Pat J. O'Brien

as Milt Howe

Herbert Heywood

as Manuel Casmetto

Matthew Betz

as Horace Raymore

Paul Ellis

as Enrico Garcia

Harry Worth

as Don Alvarado Casmetto

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