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.
Release Date
July 16, 1938Runtime
105 minRating
NRGenres
DramaDirected by
William A. WellmanWritten by
Robert CarsonLanguage
EnglishBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
Released![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/nAd5hnP9awud8uVV5dRpBXOFBHp.jpg)
Cast
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/lxxixlFMNH0JuA9K0K3mJmigYcc.jpg)
Fred MacMurray
Pat Falconer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/nqZGSLa9jS92hYlmkacFXxYwB2Y.jpg)
Ray Milland
Scott Barnes![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/ybQBLMzUISJbPQqDsKnZufbOgdU.jpg)
Louise Campbell
Peggy Ranson![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/rBCv7cszfbo2dkQbGxxff9xTppL.jpg)
Andy Devine
Joe Gibbs![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/8Rrh7yqDWhAskgPsNvR7sViBX3z.jpg)
Lynne Overman
Hank Rinebow![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/249Hlfx23i69MsA3rLnC185kbwT.jpg)
Porter Hall
Hiram F. Jenkins![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/fmRDR3Rtz6mmbAKuhsQHjFi4cRN.jpg)
Walter Abel
Nick Ranson![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/49iHupUajcwmY24CGc6W3ogEFzB.jpg)
Kitty Kelly
Martha Ranson![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/fjco2o4Ny0fvJh3FzPzI61jKPqg.jpg)
Virginia Weidler
Young Peggy Ranson![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/sV7Dx16wcajPsxJItmW5dX4axoW.jpg)
Donald O'Connor
Young Pat Falconer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/6xXAL2XkRoowVkxtreZjFs5tjLY.jpg)
James Burke
J.A. Nolan![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/iDDeyE7MwtQB0SV2RSMfG6jt3GM.jpg)
Willard Robertson
Col. Hadley![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/5yfGLf697VUrsDIhrVnAtVP7ftx.jpg)
Dennis Morgan
Galton![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/efzYiYB72V8NoWTs8wItkyVjDQi.jpg)
Evelyn Keyes
Nurse![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/vft5HULa1wnW1dQEWd197XBchs0.jpg)
Joan Leslie
Young Patricia Falconer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/c6b4cqIxBKYCjJlSTlXpr2RHKPU.jpg)
Frank Clarke
Burke![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/ncapDtCeDsMJxEKFXocJTFfnpau.jpg)
Billy Bletcher
Red Cross Man![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/gSsrA89p2XrvnfyfSFnuPn1qyWE.jpg)
James P. Burtis
Reporter![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/cT0ZibX2PtdqlfiNgehte7dSjV.jpg)
Dolores Casey
Nurse![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/fXj6FdgWPp8om9O2HD2Uv4yhcBi.jpg)
George Chandler
Cody![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/pEKusLCieVqAOEfRB2CXAtibTeZ.jpg)
Ethel Clayton
Woman![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/e8WDoA2IhvjkFMZ2OEsr7PinZEe.jpg)
Claire Du Brey
Edith![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/lxKCH5fUBwf73igBfHnIjbm11Di.jpg)
Eddie Dunn
Field Employee![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/60swQLYVcXeBC2FheytJ8ebReSz.jpg)
Edward Earle
Officer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/b5PtqEP3tAKFC3XWD0S9J9D1Ewm.jpg)
Jean Fenwick
Nurse![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/6slWYX9NChUonIPcybOaFLDKjl9.jpg)
Jonathan Hale
Long![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/yEaR9SLMkQmEoW16Bf99hwLeQqT.jpg)
Chuck Hamilton
Photographer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/gA4BPbRHPSvI16n1QcRlAd3gmSo.jpg)
Dell Henderson
Chairman![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/5Pir7aPr3Iooqd8eYhHLlJWicZa.jpg)
Russell Hicks
Gen. Marlin![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/xX80Pn6KCWXi60kYiVFeFOE5thB.jpg)
Al Hill
Mail Driver![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/oLfp3TZv2G8H26ohKJkjKGzG7cg.jpg)
John Hubbard
Attendant![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/kWlFmR3LemW3NWe2Lt06EDZSFwy.jpg)
Paul Kruger
Reporter![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/iHfknf51T7otwyiR8IvMdRNKwjs.jpg)
Frank Mills
Mechanic![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/5FmnCXK3C4HDa8pV64z1ATYYOOF.jpg)
John T. Murray
Jones![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/iWw1K3M9e8ktpxVmo17UHeDMCyL.jpg)
David Newell
Photographer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/4lXrRqVoopFMS8hPEaR7BwEtLmD.jpg)
Garry Owen
Reporter![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/vCmf8eRDjbj7o5yvFU4w6CAId6k.jpg)
Lee Phelps
Photographer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/uz61UllukgSqMqTezWiyfmYNLzB.jpg)
Juanita Quigley
Patricia Falconer at Age 6![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/h7hMgZ05Uth8JMEREhpOacb3G7p.jpg)
Ruth Rogers
Girl![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/2ZV9ekvn4TbD1Jeauj8nAiVlICo.jpg)
Art Rowlands
Reporter![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/2PS6KPHdoM8wF8gDFMYtb02iq4T.jpg)
Syd Saylor
Jimmy![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/l0pMZJiTfkxBOESbOAkAAedUzuJ.jpg)
Charles Trowbridge
Alcott![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/hX3XTHmU7cteLYwU1DIJYm8vcAn.jpg)
Archie Twitchell
Nelson![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/iVSKNr0rv71OiIjV9JC2FcpvpHe.jpg)
Cheryl Walker
Nurse![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/usSay3yVB6wxsLs3UA94b8CqdzC.jpg)
Harry Woods
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