The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
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.
Frances Allen
Mother from Oklahoma (uncredited)
Erville Alderson
Burt
Don Ames
Crowd Member in France (uncredited)
David Alpert
Clerk
Billy Wilder
Director
Walter Bacon
Crowd Member in France (uncredited)
Charles A. Lindbergh
Writer
Gordon Barnes
Reporter (uncredited)
Griff Barnett
Dad - Farmer (uncredited)
Jimmy Bates
Farm Boy (uncredited)
Wendell Mayes
Writer
Brandon Beach
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Charles Lederer
Writer
Paul Birch
Blythe (uncredited)
Leland Hayward
Producer
Eumenio Blanco
Crowd Member in France (uncredited)
Franz Waxman
Composer
Sheila Bond
Model / Dancer (uncredited)
Robert Burks
Cinematographer
Eugene Borden
French Gendarme (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
Crowd Member in France (uncredited)
J. Peverell Marley
Cinematographer
Arthur P. Schmidt
Editor
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)
Ray Walker
Barker (uncredited)
Harlan Warde
Boedecker (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)
Louis Lichtenfield
Visual Effects / Special Effects
Art Loel
Art Direction
William L. Kuehl
Set Decoration
Hal Needham
Stunts
Harold Fisher
Sound Editor
Hans F. Koenekamp
Special Effects
Irvin Jay
Sound Editor
Monty Pearce
Sound Editor
Gordon Bau
Makeup Supervisor
Frank Flanagan
Gaffer
Ross Owen
Sound Recordist
Robert Ewing
Makeup Artist
T.A. Carman
Sound Mixer
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 1, 1957
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 15m
Content RatingNR
Budget$7,000,000
Box Office$2,600,000
Filming LocationsParis, France · San Diego, United States
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
The Spirit of St. Louis is a 1957 aviation biography film in CinemaScope and Warnercolor from Warner Bros., directed by Billy Wilder, produced by Leland Hayward, and starring James Stewart as Charles Lindbergh. The screenplay was adapted by Charles Lederer, Wendell Mayes, and Billy Wilder from Lindbergh's 1953 autobiographical account of his historic flight, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1954.
Along with reminiscences of his early days in aviation, the film's storyline largely focuses on Lindbergh's lengthy preparation for, and accomplishment of, his history-making transatlantic flight in the purpose-built Spirit of St. Louis high-wing monoplane. His takeoff begins at Roosevelt Field and ends 33 hours later on May 21, 1927 when he lands safely at Le Bourget Field in Paris. The film ends with actual newsreel footage of Lindbergh's ticker tape parade in New York.