Men with Wings
16/07/1938
2h



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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.
Cast


Fred MacMurray
Pat Falconer


Ray Milland
Scott Barnes


Louise Campbell
Peggy Ranson


Andy Devine
Joe Gibbs


Lynne Overman
Hank Rinebow


Porter Hall
Hiram F. Jenkins


Walter Abel
Nick Ranson


Kitty Kelly
Martha Ranson


Virginia Weidler
Young Peggy Ranson


Donald O'Connor
Young Pat Falconer


James Burke
J.A. Nolan


Willard Robertson
Col. Hadley


Dennis Morgan
Galton


Evelyn Keyes
Nurse


Joan Leslie
Young Patricia Falconer


Frank Clarke
Burke
Anita Randalla Berkely
Peggy's Baby


Billy Bletcher
Red Cross Man
Mary Brodel
Patricia Falconer at Age 17


James P. Burtis
Reporter


Dolores Casey
Nurse


George Chandler
Cody
Jack Chapin
Sentry


Ethel Clayton
Woman
Sheila Darcy
Nurse
Jane Dewey
Nurse
Lillian Dickson
Woman


Claire Du Brey
Edith


Eddie Dunn
Field Employee


Edward Earle
Officer


Jean Fenwick
Nurse
Norah Gale
Nurse
Grace Goodall
Matron


Jonathan Hale
Long
Sherry Hall
Field Official
Chuck Hamilton
Photographer


Dell Henderson
Chairman


Russell Hicks
Gen. Marlin


Al Hill
Mail Driver


John Hubbard
Attendant


Paul Kruger
Reporter
Paul Mantz
Pilot
Ralph McCullough
Reporter


Kitty McHugh
Nurse


Lucille Miller
Norma


Frank Mills
Mechanic
Willy Morris
Clerk


John T. Murray
Jones


David Newell
Photographer


Garry Owen
Reporter
Franklin Parker
Mail Truck Driver
Bob Perry
Waiter


Lee Phelps
Photographer


Juanita Quigley
Patricia Falconer at Age 6


Ruth Rogers
Girl


Ronald R. Rondell
Mechanic


Art Rowlands
Reporter


Syd Saylor
Jimmy


Jerome Storm
Reporter
Dorothy Tennant
Mrs. Hill
Frank Tomick
Bobby Tracy
Reporter


Charles Trowbridge
Alcott


Archie Twitchell
Nelson


Cheryl Walker
Nurse
Ethel West
Woman


Pat West
Photographer
Dorothy White
Nurse
Joe Whitehead
Cab Driver


Harry Woods
Baker


Charles Williams
Telegraph Operator (uncredited)


Billy Cook
Young Scott Barnes
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