Only Angels Have Wings
“BIG As The Fog-Shrouded Andes!”
A traveling performer arrives at a remote South American port town where the head of an air freight service must risk his pilots' lives to earn a major contract.
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Cast
48 people
Cary Grant
Geoff Carter
Known for
North by Northwest
Notorious
Don Barry
Tex
Jean Arthur
Bonnie Lee
Known for
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
You Can't Take It with You
Richard Barthelmess
Bat MacPherson
Known for
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
Way Down East
Rita Hayworth
Judy
Known for
The Lady from Shanghai
Gilda
Thomas Mitchell
Kid Dabb
Known for
It's a Wonderful Life
High Noon
Allyn Joslyn
Les Peters
Known for
Heaven Can Wait
The Great McGinty
Sig Ruman
Dutchy
Known for
To Be or Not to Be
Ninotchka
Victor Kilian
Sparks
Known for
The Ox-Bow Incident
Dr. Cyclops
John Carroll
Gent Shelton
Known for
Decision at Sundown
Flying Tigers
Don 'Red' Barry
Tex
Known for
Johnny Got His Gun
Orca
Noah Beery Jr.
Joe Souther
Known for
The Rockford Files
Red River
Howard Hawks Director · Jules Furthman Screenplay Dimitri Tiomkin Composer
Worldwide gross $1M · United States release May 15, 1939 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,000,000
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
United States · May 15, 1939
Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 2000 · Physical
France
December 11, 1940 · Theatrical
February 24, 1993 · Physical · VHS
March 9, 2005 · Physical · DVD
January 20, 2016 · Theatrical · re-release
May 10, 2020 · Digital
June 23, 2021 · Physical · Blu-ray
Germany
August 24, 1950 · Theatrical
Hungary
November 6, 1941 · Theatrical
Italy
February 2, 1942 · Theatrical
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