Men with Wings

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.

Cast for Men with Wings...

Fred MacMurray
Pat Falconer
Ray Milland
Scott Barnes
Louise Campbell
Peggy Ranson
Andy Devine
Joe Gibbs
Lynne Overman
Hank Rinebow
Porter Hall
Hiram F. Jenkins
Walter Abel
Nick Ranson
Kitty Kelly
Martha Ranson
Virginia Weidler
Young Peggy Ranson
Donald O'Connor
Young Pat Falconer
James Burke
J.A. Nolan
Joan Leslie
Young Patricia Falconer
Billy Bletcher
Red Cross Man
Mary Brodel
Patricia Falconer at Age 17
Eddie Dunn
Field Employee
Sherry Hall
Field Official
Chuck Hamilton
Photographer
Russell Hicks
Gen. Marlin
Al Hill
Mail Driver
John Hubbard
Attendant
Paul Kruger
Reporter
Frank Mills
Mechanic
David Newell
Photographer
Garry Owen
Reporter
Franklin Parker
Mail Truck Driver
Bob Perry
Waiter
Lee Phelps
Photographer
Juanita Quigley
Patricia Falconer at Age 6
Art Rowlands
Reporter
Jerome Storm
Reporter
Bobby Tracy
Reporter
Pat West
Photographer
Joe Whitehead
Cab Driver
Charles Williams
Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
Billy Cook
Young Scott Barnes