The Winds of Kitty Hawk

The Winds of Kitty Hawk

1978•1h 38m

HistoryDramaTV Movie

The story of the Wright Brothers and their efforts to invent, build, and fly the world's first successful motor-operated airplane.

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Production

ITT Inc., Charles Fries Productions, Fries Enterprises

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Michael Moriarty

Michael Moriarty

Wilbur Wright

David Huffman

David Huffman

Orville Wright

Tom Bower

Tom Bower

William Tate

Robin Gammell

Robin Gammell

H.A. Toumlin

Scott Hylands

Scott Hylands

Glenn Curtiss

John Randolph

John Randolph

Alexander Graham Bell

Kathryn Walker

Kathryn Walker

Kate Wright

Eugene Roche

Eugene Roche

Bishop Milton Wright

John Hoyt

John Hoyt

Prof. Samuel Langley

Joseph Bernard

Mayor of New York

Lew Brown

Harlan Mumford

Carole Tru Foster

Agnes Osborne

Dabbs Greer

Dabbs Greer

Ace Hutchin

Mo Malone

Elizabeth Mayfield

Robert Casper

Man

Tom Lawrence

Doctor

Ross Durfee

William Howard Taft

Charles Macaulay

Charles Macaulay

2nd General

Frank Farmer

Newell

Steffen Zacharias

Steffen Zacharias

Fisherman

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