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The Spirit of St. Louis

2h 15m

1957

6.647 /10 (139)

One of the Great Adventures of Our Time!

Overview

Charles Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his 1927 New York to Paris flight the first solo trans-Atlantic crossing.

Country : United States of America

Genre : Adventure, Drama, History

Languages : English

Released Date: 1957-04-01

Cast : James Stewart, Murray Hamilton, Patricia Smith, Bartlett Robinson, Marc Connelly, Arthur Space

Director : Billy Wilder, Charles A. Lindbergh, Charles Lederer, Franz Waxman, Wendell Mayes, Billy Wilder

Top Billed Cast

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)

Griff Barnett

Dad - Farmer (uncredited)

Jimmy Bates

Farm Boy (uncredited)

Brandon Beach

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Paul Birch

Blythe (uncredited)

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