17 December 1978 Drama, History, TV Movie 98 mins
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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Michael Moriarty as Wilbur Wright
David Huffman as Orville Wright
Tom Bower as William Tate
Robin Gammell as H.A. Toumlin
Scott Hylands as Glenn Curtiss
John Randolph as Alexander Graham Bell
Kathryn Walker as Kate Wright
Eugene Roche as Bishop Milton Wright
John Hoyt as Prof. Samuel Langley
Joseph Bernard as Mayor of New York
Lew Brown as Harlan Mumford
Carole Tru Foster as Agnes Osborne
Dabbs Greer as Ace Hutchin
Mo Malone as Elizabeth Mayfield
Robert Casper as Man
Tom Lawrence as Doctor
Jeb Rosebrook Writer
E.W. Swackhamer Director
Lawrence Schiller Producer
William Kelley Writer
Steve Palmer Set Decoration
Dennis Dalzell Director of Photography
Charles Bernstein Music
John A. Martinelli Editor
Sydney Z. Litwack Art Direction
Marsha Kleinman Casting
Jerry Turnage Hairstylist
Dave Grayson Makeup Artist
Charles W. Fries Executive Producer
Charlie Picerni Stunts
United States 17 December 1978
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