
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.
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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 featuring Fred MacMurray and Ray Milland is not currently available to stream, rent, or buy but you can add it to your want to see list for updates. It's a drama movie.
Director
William A. Wellman
Pat Falconer
Fred MacMurray
Scott Barnes
Ray Milland
Peggy Ranson
Louise Campbell
Joe Gibbs
Andy Devine
Hank Rinebow
Lynne Overman
Hiram F. Jenkins
Porter Hall
Nick Ranson
Walter Abel
Martha Ranson
Kitty Kelly
Young Peggy Ranson
Virginia Weidler
Young Pat Falconer
Donald O'Connor
J.A. Nolan
James Burke
Col. Hadley
Willard Robertson
Galton
Dennis Morgan
Nurse
Evelyn Keyes
Young Patricia Falconer
Joan Leslie
Burke
Frank Clarke
Peggy's Baby
Anita Randalla Berkely
Red Cross Man
Billy Bletcher
Patricia Falconer at Age 17
Mary Brodel
Reporter
James P. Burtis
Nurse
Dolores Casey
Executive Producer
William LeBaron
Writer
Robert Carson
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