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Men with Wings
1938, Jul 16
1h 45m
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.
Directed by
William A. Wellman
Written by
Robert Carson
Ray Milland
Scott Barnes
Andy Devine
Joe Gibbs
Donald O'Connor
Young Pat Falconer
Jonathan Hale
Long
John Hubbard
Attendant
Fred MacMurray
Pat Falconer
Joan Leslie
Young Patricia Falconer
Edward Earle
Officer
Al Hill
Mail Driver
Evelyn Keyes
Nurse
Virginia Weidler
Young Peggy Ranson
Russell Hicks
Gen. Marlin
Kitty Kelly
Martha Ranson
Porter Hall
Hiram F. Jenkins
George Chandler
Cody
Syd Saylor
Jimmy
Walter Abel
Nick Ranson
Lee Phelps
Photographer
Willard Robertson
Col. Hadley
Paul Kruger
Reporter
Chuck Hamilton
Photographer
Billy Bletcher
Red Cross Man
Frank Mills
Mechanic
Dennis Morgan
Galton
David Newell
Photographer
Lynne Overman
Hank Rinebow
James Burke
J.A. Nolan
Eddie Dunn
Field Employee
Charles Trowbridge
Alcott
Claire Du Brey
Edith
Jean Fenwick
Nurse
Dell Henderson
Chairman
Charles Williams
Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
Harry Woods
Baker
James P. Burtis
Reporter
John T. Murray
Jones
Frank Clarke
Burke
Cheryl Walker
Nurse
Archie Twitchell
Nelson
Garry Owen
Reporter
Juanita Quigley
Patricia Falconer at Age 6
Pat West
Photographer
Ethel Clayton
Woman
Ronald R. Rondell
Mechanic
Ruth Rogers
Girl
Art Rowlands
Reporter
Louise Campbell
Peggy Ranson
Dolores Casey
Nurse
Anita Randalla Berkely
Peggy's Baby
Mary Brodel
Patricia Falconer at Age 17
Jack Chapin
Sentry
Sheila Darcy
Nurse
Jane Dewey
Nurse
Lillian Dickson
Woman
Norah Gale
Nurse
Grace Goodall
Matron
Sherry Hall
Field Official
Ralph McCullough
Reporter
Kitty McHugh
Nurse
Lucille Miller
Norma
Willy Morris
Clerk
Franklin Parker
Mail Truck Driver
Bob Perry
Waiter
Jerome Storm
Reporter
Dorothy Tennant
Mrs. Hill
Frank Tomick
Bobby Tracy
Reporter
Ethel West
Woman
Dorothy White
Nurse
Joe Whitehead
Cab Driver
Billy Cook
Young Scott Barnes
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