The Spirit of St. Louis [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; a Leland Hayward-Billy Wilder production ; screen play by Billy Wilder and Wendell Mayes ; adaptation by Charles Lederer ; directors of photography, Robert Burks, J. Peverell Marley ; produced by Leland Hayward ; directed by Billy Wilder.
Based on the book by Charles A. Lindbergh. DVD release of the 1957 motion picture. Also issued as part of James Stewart, the signature collection. Special features include: "The Spirit of St. Louis" premiere (4 min.); vintage Joe McDoakes comedy short "So your wife wants to work" (9 min.); classic cartoon "Tabasco Road" (7 min.); theatrical trailer (4 min.); scene selections. James Stewart, Murray Hamilton, Patricia Smith, Bartlett Robinson, Marc Connelly, Arthur Space, Charles Watts.
Summary:
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.
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