The Spirit of St. Louis
One of the Great Adventures of Our Time!
6.7(146) 1957-04-01 135 minAdventureDramaHistory
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.
DirectorBilly Wilder
ScreenplayWendell Mayes
Original Music ComposerFranz Waxman
ProducerLeland Hayward
ScreenplayBilly Wilder
ProducerBilly Wilder
Cast & characters
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)
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Frances Allen
as Mother from Oklahoma (uncredited)
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David Alpert
as Clerk (uncredited)
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Walter Bacon
as Crowd Member in France (uncredited)
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Gordon Barnes
as Reporter (uncredited)
Griff Barnett
as Dad - Farmer (uncredited)
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Jimmy Bates
as Farm Boy (uncredited)
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Brandon Beach
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Paul Birch
as Blythe (uncredited)
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Eumenio Blanco
as Crowd Member in France (uncredited)
Sheila Bond
as Model / Dancer (uncredited)
Eugene Borden
as French Gendarme (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
as Crowd Member in France (uncredited)
Paul Brinegar
as Okie (uncredited)
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George Bruggeman
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Robert Burton
as Maj. Albert Lambert - Lindbergh Sponsor (uncredited)
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John Carlyle
as Bridegroom (uncredited)
