Movie
The Spirit of St. Louis
Overview
In 1927, Charles Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing.
Details
- Release date
- 1957-04-01
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- James Stewart as Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh
- Murray Hamilton as Bud Gurney
- Patricia Smith as Mirror Girl
- Bartlett Robinson as Benjamin Frank Mahoney, President Ryan Airlines Co.
- Marc Connelly as Father Hussman
- Arthur Space as Donald Hall, Chief Engineer Ryan Airlines
- Charles Watts as O.W. Schultz, Salesman Atlas Suspender Co.
- Erville Alderson as Burt (uncredited)
- Frances Allen as Mother from Oklahoma (uncredited)
- David Alpert as Clerk (uncredited)
- Walter Bacon as Crowd Member in France (uncredited)
- Gordon Barnes as Reporter (uncredited)
Crew
- Billy Wilder - Director
- Wendell Mayes - Screenplay
- Billy Wilder - Screenplay
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