Hot Air Aces (1949)
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.
Director: Izzy Sparber
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Jackson Beck as Bluto (voice) (uncredited) |
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Jack Mercer as Popeye (voice) (uncredited) |
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Mae Questel as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) |
| Directing | Izzy Sparber | Director |
| Production | Izzy Sparber | Producer |
| Sound | Winston Sharples | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Isadore Klein | Writer |
| Production | Sam Buchwald | Associate Producer |
| Production | Seymour Kneitel | Producer |
