Yes folks, back in the eighties, I tried to watch the TAILSPIN TOMMY adventures through a serial for Universal with Ray Taylor and Lewis D Collins as directors. I could never go beyond the third episode; unlike the Republic Pictures serials directed by the terrific William Witney and his sidekick John English...So now, four decades later, I try the film, not the serial. It is better, of course, because far shorter, not that boring, at least less than a fifteen episodes serial. It is an espionage actioner, rather fun to watch, at least to see what an actioner looked like during this pre WW2 era.