Men with Wings (1938)

Men with Wings (1938)

AMERICA'S GREATEST HEROES! 1938-07-16 United States of America 105 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

Fred MacMurray is Pat Falconer
Pat Falconer
Ray Milland is Scott Barnes
Scott Barnes
Louise Campbell is Peggy Ranson
Peggy Ranson
Andy Devine is Joe Gibbs
Joe Gibbs
Lynne Overman is Hank Rinebow
Hank Rinebow
Porter Hall is Hiram F. Jenkins
Hiram F. Jenkins
Walter Abel is Nick Ranson
Nick Ranson
Kitty Kelly is Martha Ranson
Martha Ranson
Virginia Weidler is Young Peggy Ranson
Young Peggy Ranson
Donald O'Connor is Young Pat Falconer
Young Pat Falconer
James Burke is J.A. Nolan
J.A. Nolan
Willard Robertson is Col. Hadley