The Spirit of St. Louis
66 %|Apr 1, 1957|Adventure, Drama, History
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.
Featured Crew
Billy Wilder
Director
Charles A. Lindbergh
Novel
Charles Lederer
Adaptation
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Wendell Mayes
Screenplay
Billy Wilder
Screenplay
Robert Burks
Director of Photography
J. Peverell Marley
Director of Photography
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)
Don Ames
Crowd Member in France (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)
Eumenio Blanco
Crowd Member in France (uncredited)
Sheila Bond
Model / Dancer (uncredited)
Eugene Borden
French Gendarme (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
Crowd Member in France (uncredited)
Paul Brinegar
Okie (uncredited)
George Bruggeman
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Robert Burton
Maj. Albert Lambert - Lindbergh Sponsor (uncredited)
John Carlyle
Bridegroom (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Passerby at Train Station (uncredited)
Virginia Christine
Secretary (uncredited)
Rena Clark
Bride (uncredited)
Robert Cornthwaite
Harry Knight - Lindbergh Student (uncredited)
Jack Daly
Louie (uncredited)
Richard Deacon
Charles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited)
Pauline Drake
Sob Sister (uncredited)
Duke Fishman
Aircraft Mechanic (uncredited)
Slim Gaut
Aircraft Mechanic (uncredited)
Roy Gordon
Associate Producer (uncredited)
Dabbs Greer
Goldsborough (uncredited)
Kit Guard
Crowd Member in France (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
Man Driving Car (uncredited)
Olin Howland
Surplus Dealer (uncredited)
J. Anthony Hughes
Reporter (uncredited)
Dick Johnstone
Aircraft Mechanic (uncredited)
Walter Kingson
Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
Richard LaMarr
Crowd Member in France (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt
Ryan Aircraft Employee (uncredited)
Johnny Lee
Jess - Cook at Louie's Shack (uncredited)
Nelson Leigh
Director (uncredited)
Herbert Lytton
Casey Jones (uncredited)
James Macklin
Reporter (uncredited)
Maurice Manson
E. Lansing Ray - Editor, St. Louis Globe Democrat (uncredited)
David Orrick McDearmon
Harold Bixby - St. Louis Chamber of Commerce (uncredited)
John McKee
Reporter (uncredited)
David McMahon
Lane (uncredited)
William Meader
Reporter (uncredited)
Russell Meeker
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Gordon Mitchell
(uncredited)
Ann Morrison
Mrs. Fearless (uncredited)
George Nardelli
Crowd Member in France (uncredited)
Stuart Nedd
Reporter (uncredited)
Bill Neff
Cadet (uncredited)
James O'Rear
Earl Thompson (uncredited)
Alan Paige
Reporter (uncredited)
Jack Perrin
Passerby at Train Station (uncredited)
Lee Roberts
Photographer (uncredited)
James Robertson Jr.
Bill Robertson (uncredited)
Robert Robinson
Passerby at Train Station (uncredited)
Syd Saylor
Photographer (uncredited)
Scott Seaton
Passerby at Train Station (uncredited)
George Selk
Mechanic (uncredited)
Bernard Sell
Aircraft Mechanic (uncredited)
Cap Somers
Crowd Member in France (uncredited)
Aaron Spelling
Mr. Fearless (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
Passerby at Train Station (uncredited)
Ernie Taylor
Sailor (uncredited)
Percival Vivian
Professor (uncredited)
Max Wagner
Reporter (uncredited)
Harlan Warde
Boedecker (uncredited)
Ray Walker
Barker (uncredited)
Will J. White
Cadet (uncredited)
Robert B. Williams
Editor - San Diego (uncredited)
Rush Williams
Reporter (uncredited)
Carleton Young
Captain at Brooks Field Flight School (uncredited)
Chief Yowlachie
Indian (uncredited)