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Plot

Producer/director William A. Wellman also co-scripted this biopic devoted to John J. Montgomery (Glenn Ford), the unsung 19th-century innovator of glider design. Montgomery's invention of a gold separator proves lucrative, but he pours its profits into financing his legal battles over patent infringement. The gliders created by Montgomery attract attention but no money, and he begins a relationship with Regina Cleary (Janet Blair), which helps sustain him. But when Montgomery becomes afflicted with vertigo and can no longer fly, he sickens and dies.
MPAA Rating:
Not Yet Rated
Genre(s):
Drama
Run Time:
85min.
Distributor(s):
Columbia Pictures
Director(s):
William Wellman
Starring:
Fernando Alvarado , Conrad Binyon , Paul E. Burns , Tommy Cook
Tone:
Sweeping
Keywords:
Jesuit,barnstorming,conflict,death,development,experiment,flight,flying,frontiersman,glider,gold,hardships,help,infamous,inventor,journey,lawsuit,loot,vertigo