The Man Who Found Himself (1937)
1h 7m
Running Time
April 2, 1937Release Date
The Man Who Found Himself (1937)
1h 7m
Running Time
April 2, 1937Release Date
Plot.
Young Jim Stanton is a conscientious surgeon, but spends too many off-duty hours pursuing his passion for aviation to suit his stuffy father. When it is discovered that a passenger killed in a plane that Jim crashes was a married woman, the resulting scandal prompts the hospital to put Jim on probation. His pride wounded, Jim takes to the open road and enjoys the simpler life of a vagabond. In Los Angeles--where he is arrested for vagrancy and put to work on a road crew--Jim runs into old pal Dick Miller, who gets him a job as a mechanic for Roberts Aviation. But maintaining his anonymity becomes more difficult, particularly when a pretty nurse, Doris King, decides to make Jim's redemption her personal crusade.
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Cast & Crew.
John Beal
Jim Stanton
Joan Fontaine
Doris King
Phillip Huston
Dick Miller
George Irving
Dr. James Stanton Sr.
Jane Walsh
Barbara Reed
Jimmy Conlin
Nosey Watson
Lew Landers
Director
J. Robert Bren
Writer
Frank M. Thomas
Mr. Roberts
Edmund L. Hartmann
Writer
Diana Gibson
Helen Richards
G.V. Atwater
Writer
Gladys Atwater
Writer
Dwight Frye
Hysterical patient
Billy Gilbert
Fat hobo
Thomas Lennon
Writer
Alice F. Curtis
Writer
Stanley Andrews
Insp. Grey
Matthew Betz
Hobo #1
Stanley Blystone
John
Wheaton Chambers
Man at Train Wreck
Eddy Chandler
Train Switchman
Dudley Clements
Doctor Giving Jim a Lift
George Cooper
Hobo
Herbert Corthell
Conductor
Alec Craig
Hobo
Sidney D'Albrook
Waiter
Earl Dwire
Joe, the Train Dispatcher
Jim Farley
Railroad Conductor
Dwight David Frye
Injured Boy at Train Wreck
Edward Gargan
Policeman in Park
Jonathan Hale
Dr. Tom Smythe
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The Man Who Found Himself, also known as Wings of Mercy, is a 1937 American aviation film based on the unpublished story "Wings of Mercy" by Alice B. Curtis. The film marked the first starring role for 19-year-old Joan Fontaine, who was billed as the "new RKO screen personality", highlighted following the end of the film by a special "on screen" introduction. Unlike many of the period films that appeared to glorify aviation, it is a complex film, examining the motivations of both doctors and pilots.