The Spirit of St. Louis
One of the Great Adventures of Our Time!
Directed by Billy Wilder
Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures
An earnest, historically grounded chronicle of Lindbergh's determination to achieve an unprecedented feat of aviation, balancing technical challenge with personal ambition and hope.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
James Stewart
Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh
Murray Hamilton
Bud Gurney
Patricia Smith
Mirror Girl
Bartlett Robinson
Benjamin Frank Mahoney, President Ryan Airlines Co.
Marc Connelly
Father Hussman
Arthur Space
Donald Hall, Chief Engineer Ryan Airlines
Charles Watts
O.W. Schultz, Salesman Atlas Suspender Co.
Erville Alderson
Burt (uncredited)
Frances Allen
Mother from Oklahoma (uncredited)
David Alpert
Clerk (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
Crowd Member in France (uncredited)
Gordon Barnes
Reporter (uncredited)
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