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