Men with Wings

Men with Wings

105 mins | Drama | July 16, 1938

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.

Men with Wings

105 mins | Drama | July 16, 1938

Men with Wings
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.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Paramount
Original title Men with Wings
Directors William A. Wellman
Writers Robert Carson

Cast

Fred MacMurray

as Pat Falconer

Ray Milland

as Scott Barnes

Louise Campbell

as Peggy Ranson

Andy Devine

as Joe Gibbs

Lynne Overman

as Hank Rinebow

Porter Hall

as Hiram F. Jenkins

Walter Abel

as Nick Ranson

Kitty Kelly

as Martha Ranson

Virginia Weidler

as Young Peggy Ranson

Donald O'Connor

as Young Pat Falconer

James Burke

as J.A. Nolan

Willard Robertson

as Col. Hadley

Dennis Morgan

as Galton

Evelyn Keyes

as Nurse

Joan Leslie

as Young Patricia Falconer

Frank Clarke

as Burke

Anita Randalla Berkely

as Peggy's Baby

Billy Bletcher

as Red Cross Man

Mary Brodel

as Patricia Falconer at Age 17

James P. Burtis

as Reporter

Dolores Casey

as Nurse

George Chandler

as Cody

Jack Chapin

as Sentry

Ethel Clayton

as Woman

Sheila Darcy

as Nurse

Jane Dewey

as Nurse

Lillian Dickson

as Woman

Claire Du Brey

as Edith

Eddie Dunn

as Field Employee

Edward Earle

as Officer

Jean Fenwick

as Nurse

Norah Gale

as Nurse

Grace Goodall

as Matron

Jonathan Hale

as Long

Sherry Hall

as Field Official

Chuck Hamilton

as Photographer

Dell Henderson

as Chairman

Russell Hicks

as Gen. Marlin

Al Hill

as Mail Driver

John Hubbard

as Attendant

Paul Kruger

as Reporter

Paul Mantz

as Pilot

Ralph McCullough

as Reporter

Kitty McHugh

as Nurse

Lucille Miller

as Norma

Frank Mills

as Mechanic

Willy Morris

as Clerk

John T. Murray

as Jones

David Newell

as Photographer

Garry Owen

as Reporter

Franklin Parker

as Mail Truck Driver

Bob Perry

as Waiter

Lee Phelps

as Photographer

Juanita Quigley

as Patricia Falconer at Age 6

Ruth Rogers

as Girl

Ronald R. Rondell

as Mechanic

Art Rowlands

as Reporter

Syd Saylor

as Jimmy

Jerome Storm

as Reporter

Dorothy Tennant

as Mrs. Hill

Bobby Tracy

as Reporter

Charles Trowbridge

as Alcott

Archie Twitchell

as Nelson

Cheryl Walker

as Nurse

Ethel West

as Woman

Pat West

as Photographer

Dorothy White

as Nurse

Joe Whitehead

as Cab Driver

Harry Woods

as Baker

Charles Williams

as Telegraph Operator (uncredited)

Billy Cook

as Young Scott Barnes