The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)

04/01/1957 (US) • 2h 15m

Adventure, Drama, History

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.

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)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$7,000,000.00

Revenue

$2,600,000.00

Keywords

based on true story

flight

historical figure

aviation

airplane crash

transatlantic

aviator

aircraft factory

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