Men with Wings
1938Reporter 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.
Acted in
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
Frank Tomick
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