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Men with Wings

Men with Wings

(1938)

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.

Featured Crew

  1. Director : William A. Wellman
  2. Producer : William A. Wellman
  3. Writer : Robert Carson
  4. Cast : Fred MacMurray,Ray Milland,Louise Campbell,Andy Devine,Lynne Overman,Porter Hall,Walter Abel,Kitty Kelly,Virginia Weidler,Donald O'Connor,James Burke,Willard Robertson,Dennis Morgan,Evelyn Keyes,Joan Leslie,Frank Clarke,Anita Randalla Berkely,Billy Bletcher,Mary Brodel,James P. Burtis,Dolores Casey,George Chandler,Jack Chapin,Ethel Clayton,Sheila Darcy,Jane Dewey,Lillian Dickson,Claire Du Brey,Eddie Dunn,Edward Earle,Jean Fenwick,Norah Gale,Grace Goodall,Jonathan Hale,Sherry Hall,Chuck Hamilton,Dell Henderson,Russell Hicks,Al Hill,John Hubbard,Paul Kruger,Paul Mantz,Ralph McCullough,Kitty McHugh,Lucille Miller,Frank Mills,Willy Morris,John T. Murray,David Newell,Garry Owen,Franklin Parker,Bob Perry,Lee Phelps,Juanita Quigley,Ruth Rogers,Ronald R. Rondell,Art Rowlands,Syd Saylor,Jerome Storm,Dorothy Tennant,Frank Tomick,Bobby Tracy,Charles Trowbridge,Archie Twitchell,Cheryl Walker,Ethel West,Pat West,Dorothy White,Joe Whitehead,Harry Woods,Charles Williams,Billy Cook

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Original TitleMen with Wings

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1938-07-16

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 01h 45m

Production CompaniesParamount Pictures

Genres

  • Drama

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