The Spirit of St. Louis

About The Spirit of St. Louis

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.

Billy Wilder's The Spirit of St. Louis is a 1957 history film. Its themes are historical figure, airplane crash, flight, and aviation.

James Stewart stars as Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh, Murray Hamilton as Bud Gurney, Patricia Smith as Mirror Girl, and Bartlett Robinson as Benjamin Frank Mahoney, President Ryan Airlines Co.. At 135 minutes long, it arrived in April 1957.

The screenplay is by Billy Wilder and Wendell Mayes. The story is adapted from real events. In the United States it streams on YouTube TV.

Sully, The Right Stuff, and Aftermath make useful companions to The Spirit of St. Louis. TMDB voters put it at 6.7 out of 10 across 155 votes and it carries a NR rating.