Men with Wings
Drama
Release Date
July 16, 1938
Duration
105 min
Status
Released
Language
en
Overview
Reporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright take their first airplane flight. Back home in Underwood, Maryland, however, his uncle Hiram F. Jenkins, owner and editor of the local newspaper, refuses to print the story. Nicholas quits and continues to work on his own airplane, with the devoted help of his little daughter Peggy. Peggy is actually the first in her family to fly when her friends, Patrick Falconer and Scott Barnes, induce her to get inside a large kite they have made, and run with it in a field until she is airborne. The kite is caught in a tree, however, and Peggy gets a black eye. Later, Nicholas dies when his experimental airplane crashes, leaving his wife and children alone. By Peggy's adulthood, planes are capable of flying at an altitude of 11,000 feet, and speeds of nearly 100 m.p.h. Peggy continues her father's obsession with flight by helping Scott and Pat to build a plane.
Casts
Pat Falconer
Fred MacMurray
Scott Barnes
Ray Milland
Peggy Ranson
Louise Campbell
Joe Gibbs
Andy Devine
Hank Rinebow
Lynne Overman
Hiram F. Jenkins
Porter Hall
Nick Ranson
Walter Abel
Martha Ranson
Kitty Kelly
Young Peggy Ranson
Virginia Weidler
Young Pat Falconer
Donald O'Connor
J.A. Nolan
James Burke
Col. Hadley
Willard Robertson
Galton
Dennis Morgan
Nurse
Evelyn Keyes
Young Patricia Falconer
Joan Leslie
Burke
Frank Clarke
Peggy's Baby
Anita Randalla Berkely
Red Cross Man
Billy Bletcher
Patricia Falconer at Age 17
Mary Brodel
Reporter
James P. Burtis
Nurse
Dolores Casey
Cody
George Chandler
Sentry
Jack Chapin
Woman
Ethel Clayton
Nurse
Sheila Darcy
Nurse
Jane Dewey
Woman
Lillian Dickson
Edith
Claire Du Brey
Field Employee
Eddie Dunn
Officer
Edward Earle
Nurse
Jean Fenwick
Nurse
Norah Gale
Matron
Grace Goodall
Long
Jonathan Hale
Field Official
Sherry Hall
Photographer
Chuck Hamilton
Chairman
Dell Henderson
Gen. Marlin
Russell Hicks
Mail Driver
Al Hill
Attendant
John Hubbard
Reporter
Paul Kruger
Pilot
Paul Mantz
Reporter
Ralph McCullough
Nurse
Kitty McHugh
Norma
Lucille Miller
Mechanic
Frank Mills
Clerk
Willy Morris
Jones
John T. Murray
Photographer
David Newell
Reporter
Garry Owen
Mail Truck Driver
Franklin Parker
Waiter
Bob Perry
Photographer
Lee Phelps
Patricia Falconer at Age 6
Juanita Quigley
Girl
Ruth Rogers
Mechanic
Ronald R. Rondell
Reporter
Art Rowlands
Jimmy
Syd Saylor
Reporter
Jerome Storm
Mrs. Hill
Dorothy Tennant
Frank Tomick
Reporter
Bobby Tracy
Alcott
Charles Trowbridge
Nelson
Archie Twitchell
Nurse
Cheryl Walker
Woman
Ethel West
Photographer
Pat West
Nurse
Dorothy White
Cab Driver
Joe Whitehead
Baker
Harry Woods
Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
Charles Williams
Young Scott Barnes
Billy Cook
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