Men with Wings (1938)
All the adventure a man can live, he lives.
1938-07-16
United States of America
105 Min.
PG-13
Drama
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
Pat Falconer
Scott Barnes
Peggy Ranson
Joe Gibbs
Hank Rinebow
Hiram F. Jenkins
Nick Ranson
Martha Ranson
Young Peggy Ranson
Young Pat Falconer
J.A. Nolan
Col. Hadley
Galton
Nurse
Young Patricia Falconer
Burke
Peggy's Baby
Red Cross Man
Patricia Falconer at Age 17
Reporter
Nurse
Cody
Sentry
Woman
Nurse
Nurse
Woman
Edith
Field Employee
Officer
Nurse
Nurse
Matron
Long
Field Official
Photographer
Chairman
Gen. Marlin
Mail Driver
Attendant
Reporter
Pilot
Reporter
Nurse
Norma
Mechanic
Clerk
Jones
Photographer
Reporter
Mail Truck Driver
Waiter
Photographer
Patricia Falconer at Age 6
Girl
Mechanic
Reporter
Jimmy
Reporter
Mrs. Hill
Reporter
Alcott
Nelson
Nurse
Woman
Photographer
Nurse
Cab Driver
Baker
Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
Young Scott Barnes
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