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Hot Air Aces

1949 7 minutes
72/100

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Despite the title, the vehicles here are airplanes, not balloons. Bluto and Popeye are racing around the world; Bluto's got a sort of rocket plane, and Popeye's got a sad old prop model that has to be hand-started. He gets off to a bad start, as Bluto spins the prop, getting Popeye tangled up in it. This knocks him out; Olive puts him into his plane and gives him a push, and Popeye wakes up in the nick of time. Bluto stops off at the Eiffel Tower to woo a maiden; Popeye, with help from a lightning bolt, passes him. Bluto catches up again, and removes Popeye's engine. The plane crashes into the ocean, but fortunately, there's a case of spinach and a giant magnet nearby, so Popeye rebuilds the plane, using spinach cans to replace the missing pistons, and wins the race, as his spinach exhaust fries Bluto's plane.

Released

24th June 1949

77 years ago

Runtime

7 minutes

Finishes at 5:50pm

Ratings and awards

  • IMDB Logo

    6.4/10

  • TMDb Logo

    80%

  • FilmFlow Logo

    72%

Directed by

Izzy Sparber

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Written by

Isadore Klein

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