The Spirit of St. Louis
1957 · 135 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 8,958 VOTES · DIR. Billy Wilder
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,274 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:42 "Here at the Garden City Hotel less than a mile from Roosevelt Field
00:07:44 Hello, Hochstetter? This is Burt.
00:13:17 Why, that's sure death.
00:16:20 - This is very important. - One moment, please.
00:19:35 - I'm sorry, gentlemen. I don't smoke. - Mr. Lindbergh
00:22:34 I mean, if we went through with it.
00:26:18 in Keokuk, Iowa...
00:30:24 This special design, are you equipped to handle anything like that?
00:34:06 Might need a little help up there, don't you think?
00:40:17 They're experienced flyers and I'm sure they'll make New York on schedule.
00:44:14 - before Chamberlin and Byrd get away? - Byrd's still waiting.
00:48:06 I gave you 20 lessons and you never learned anything.
00:52:45 Oh, you checking out, Mr. Lindbergh?
00:55:39 It's smaller than I thought.
01:02:14 I'll watch it.
01:15:37 No, no, it's not four hours. It's 28 hours since I've had any sleep.
01:22:04 Oh, a plane's a plane. You fly one, you can fly them all.
01:27:23 Well, there's one way to find out.
01:34:15 when he finds out I've joined up with a flying circus.
01:39:34 Well, we'd never pass inspection today
01:47:06 All right, now. Now turn around.
01:56:07 I've made myself heard from airplanes before.
02:06:20 There it is!
200:00:00 there that night
Cast & Characters
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
Frances Allen
Mother from Oklahoma
David Alpert
Clerk
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,274
Dialogue density9.4 lines / min
First line00:02:42
Final line200:00:00
Production Record
DirectorBilly Wilder
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7,000,000
Revenue$2,600,000
IMDb votes8,958