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The Spirit of St. Louis

The Spirit of St. Louis

One of the Great Adventures of Our Time!

19576.72h 15m

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.

Directed by Billy Wilder
Written by Billy Wilder, Charles A. Lindbergh, Wendell Mayes
Produced by Leland Hayward, Billy Wilder
Box OfficeBudget: $7.0MRevenue: $2.6M

Top Cast

James Stewart

James Stewart

Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh

Murray Hamilton

Murray Hamilton

Bud Gurney

Patricia Smith

Patricia Smith

Mirror Girl

Bartlett Robinson

Bartlett Robinson

Benjamin Frank Mahoney, President Ryan Airlines Co.

Marc Connelly

Marc Connelly

Father Hussman

Arthur Space

Arthur Space

Donald Hall, Chief Engineer Ryan Airlines

Charles Watts

Charles Watts

O.W. Schultz, Salesman Atlas Suspender Co.

Erville Alderson

Erville Alderson

Burt (uncredited)

F

Frances Allen

Mother from Oklahoma (uncredited)

D

David Alpert

Clerk (uncredited)

Themes & Keywords

based on true storyflighthistorical figureaviationairplane crashtransatlanticaviatoraircraft factorywarnercolor

About The Spirit of St. Louis

The Spirit of St. Louis is a adventure, drama, history film released in 1957 exploring themes of based on true story, flight, historical figure, aviation, airplane crash, transatlantic. Directed by Billy Wilder, it stars James Stewart, Murray Hamilton, Patricia Smith. 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.

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