Tailspin Tommy / Tommy & the Great Air Mystery from VCI in April

**VCI** is certainly staying busy with two more serials scheduled for release on April 29th. They are Tailspin Tommy (1934) and Tailspin Tommy and the Great Air Mystery (1935). Each single disc release will retail for $19.99, but can be purchased here at Classicflix.com for only $14.99. Details below.

Tailspin Tommy (1934)
Based on the cartoon strip by Hal Forrest, this thrilling serial faithfully re-creates all of the exciting characterizations and non-stop action followed by millions in the daily comics. Tommy Hopkins is a youthful auto mechanic recruited to fly for the Three Points Airlines in a race against time for a mail-delivery contract against airline rival Tiger Taggart. After winning the contract, Tommy becomes a full time pilot and a local hero when he saves a crowd of children from being killed by a runaway plane and also later prevents a railroad catastrophe. Taggart becomes infuriated by Tommy’s success, and along with his henchmen, sabotage the airlines and try to crash Tommy’s plane in a series of aerial “dog fights” that will keep you on the edge of your seat with some of the most remarkable stunt flying ever filmed.

12 Chapters on 1 disc.

BONUS FEATURE:
  • Trailers

Tailspin Tommy and the Great Air Mystery (1935)
Tailspin Tommy is back in a second explosive serial filled with non-stop action, nail-biting suspense, thrilling stunts, and unbelievable special effects. Tommy and Skeeter try to foil an unscrupulous plan concocted by Manuel Casmetto and Horace Raymore to steal Nazi Island’s valuable oil reserves. They are fortunately aided in their efforts by Bill McGuire, a newspaperman who poses as Raymond’s right-hand man, as well as pilot Milt Howe. The young navigators fight their way through a myriad of life-threatening events including: erupting volcanoes, exploding planes and time bombs, head-on collisions, flooding cells and even being attacked by savage native islanders. In the tradition of all serial adventures however, Tommy and Skeeter not only survive in one piece, but defeat the bad guys, become heroes, and even land a movie contract.

12 Chapters on 1 disc.

BONUS FEATURE:
  • Trailers

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