Gallant Journey (1946)
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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. ~ Nicole Gagne, Rovi
- Starring:
- Fernando Alvarado, Conrad Binyon, (more)
- Director(s):
- William Wellman
Synopsis of Gallant Journey
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. ~ Nicole Gagne, Rovi
Complete Cast of Gallant Journey
- Fernando Alvarado - Juan Morales
- Paul E. Burns - "Peacock" Fox
- Bob Cooper - Tom
- Robert Hoover - Dick Ball as a Boy
- Jimmy Lloyd - Dan Mahoney
- Chris-Pin Martin - Pedro Lopez
- Eula Morgan - Mrs. Logan
- Henry Rowland - Comelius Rheinlander
- Charlie Ruggles - Jim Montgomery
- Buddy Swan - Sharkey
- Michael Towne - Raymond Walker
- Rudy Wissler - Hep
- Robert DeHaven - Jim Montgomery as a boy
- Conrad Binyon - Snort
- Tommy Cook - Cutty
- Glenn Ford - John Montgomery
- Charles Kemper - Father Ball
- Paul Marion - Tony Dondaro
- Byron Morgan - John Logan
- Willard Robertson - Zachary Montgomery
- Selena Royle - Mrs. Montgomery
- Arthur Shields - Father Kenton
- Loren Tindall - Jim Logan
- Henry Travers - Thomas Logan
- Janet Blair - Regina Cleary
- Director(s):
- William Wellman
- Writer(s):
- Byron Morgan, William Wellman
- Producer(s):
- William Wellman
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