The Spirit of St. Louis

"One of the Great Adventures of Our Time!"

Apr 20 1957 Approved 2h 15m
Adventure, Biography, Drama

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.

Plot

Biography of Charles Lindbergh from his days of precarious mail runs in aviation's infancy to his design of a small transatlantic plane and the vicissitudes of its takeoff and epochal flight from New York to Paris in 1927.

Written by

Charles A. Lindbergh, Billy Wilder, Wendell Mayes

Directed by

Billy Wilder

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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7.1 out of 10
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