When Philip "Phil" Marvin (Kenneth Harlan), an American pilot flying in Mexico is caught in stormy weather and crash-lands on a nearby ranch, Inez nurses him back to health.

Luther Farley (Ferdinand Munier), a local guerrilla leader, also complicates matters.

The play "The Broken Wing" opened at the 48th Street Theater in New York City on November 29, 1920, and ran for 171 performances.

[5][6] While in production, cinematographer Harry Perry devised a camera mount that allowed him to film from a Curtiss JN-4 biplane.

In the case of The Broken Wing, the film "combined aviation comedy with the air-crash device in telling of a flier who crashes in Mexico and is nursed by Inez (Miriam Cooper).