

Drama
Overview
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.
Top Cast


Fred MacMurray
Fred MacMurray
Pat Falconer
Fred MacMurray
Pat Falconer


Ray Milland
Ray Milland
Scott Barnes
Ray Milland
Scott Barnes


Louise Campbell
Louise Campbell
Peggy Ranson
Louise Campbell
Peggy Ranson


Andy Devine
Andy Devine
Joe Gibbs
Andy Devine
Joe Gibbs


Lynne Overman
Lynne Overman
Hank Rinebow
Lynne Overman
Hank Rinebow


Porter Hall
Porter Hall
Hiram F. Jenkins
Porter Hall
Hiram F. Jenkins


Walter Abel
Walter Abel
Nick Ranson
Walter Abel
Nick Ranson


Kitty Kelly
Kitty Kelly
Martha Ranson
Kitty Kelly
Martha Ranson


Virginia Weidler
Virginia Weidler
Young Peggy Ranson
Virginia Weidler
Young Peggy Ranson


Donald O'Connor
Donald O'Connor
Young Pat Falconer
Donald O'Connor
Young Pat Falconer
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