The Winds of Kitty Hawk

• Director: E.W. Swackhamer
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• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Docudrama, Biopic
• Themes: Sibling Relationships
• Release Year: 1978
• Country: US
• Run Time: 96 minutes

Plot

This made-for-television film Winds of Kitty Hawk, chronicles the efforts of the Wright Brothers to become the first men to build a functioning, motor-powered airplane, as well as their rivalry with Glenn Curtiss. While the movie is a little too leisurely paced, the aerial sequences are excellent. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide

Cast

Vaughn Armstrong - Reporter; Tom Bower - William Tate; Robert Casper - Man; Robin Gammell - H.A. Toumlin; Dabbs Greer - Ace Hutchin; Laurence Haddon - 1st General; John Hoyt - Professor Samuel Langley; David Huffman - Orville Wright; Scott Hylands - Glenn Curtiss; Tom Lawrence - Doctor; Charles Macauley - 2nd General; Michael Moriarty - Wilbur Wright; John Randolph - Alexander Graham Bell; Eugene Roche - Bishop Milton Wright; Kathryn Walker - Kate Wright; Frank Farmer - Newell; Lew Brown - Harlan Mumford; David Walker

Credit

E.W. Swackhamer - Director, Charles Bernstein - Composer (Music Score), Sydney Z. Litwack - Production Designer, William Kelley - Screenwriter