The Spirit of St. Louis
One of the Great Adventures of Our Time!
Country
Production
Budget
$6 000 000
Box office
$2 600 000
Director
Actors
James Stewart, Murray Hamilton, Patricia Smith, Bartlett Robinson, Marc Connelly, Arthur Space, Charles Watts, Erville Alderson, Frances Allen, David Alpert
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Leland Hayward, Billy Wilder
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Audition
Editing
Arthur P. Schmidt
Whole Team (33)
Whole Team (33)
Short description
Charles 'Slim' Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo trans-Atlantic crossing.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film was released in 1957 – to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of Charles Lindbergh's nonstop transatlantic flight.
- “The Spirit of St. Louis” is the name of the airplane used for the flight. It was named after the city of St. Louis, whose residents, infected by Lindbergh's ambition, helped him raise money to build the aircraft. It cost $10,580, excluding the engine.
- In 1953, Lindbergh also published an autobiographical book with the same title, for which he received the Pulitzer Prize.
- Lindbergh was a fan of Billy Wilder's films and gladly sold him the rights to adapt his biography for the screen. During filming, the director corresponded with the pilot, trying to learn as many details about his life as possible in order to portray his image more accurately on screen. According to those who knew Lindbergh personally, when he saw the finished film, he said it truthfully and accurately recounted his historic flight.
- Contrary to expectations and despite a large advertising campaign, the film was not a commercial success.
- “The Spirit of St. Louis” is the name of the airplane used for the flight. It was named after the city of St. Louis, whose residents, infected by Lindbergh’s ambition, helped him raise money for its construction. It cost $10,580, without the engine.
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