Men with Wings

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Fred MacMurray

Pat Falconer

Age : N/A | Popularity : 78%

Ray Milland

Scott Barnes

Age : N/A | Popularity : 54%

Louise Campbell

Peggy Ranson

Age : 86 | Popularity : 10%

Andy Devine

Joe Gibbs

Age : N/A | Popularity : 28%

Lynne Overman

Hank Rinebow

Age : N/A | Popularity : 17%

Porter Hall

Hiram F. Jenkins

Age : N/A | Popularity : 9%

Walter Abel

Nick Ranson

Age : 88 | Popularity : 36%

Kitty Kelly

Martha Ranson

Age : 66 | Popularity : 22%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Music	Gerard Carbonara W. Franke Harling
Directing	Director	William A. Wellman
Art	Set Decoration	A. E. Freudeman
	Art Direction	Robert Odell Hans Dreier
Writing	Writer	Robert Carson
Production	Producer	William A. Wellman
	Executive Producer	William LeBaron
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Edith Head
	Makeup Artist	Wally Westmore
Camera	Director of Photography	W. Howard Greene
Department	Role	Name

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