"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."
James Stewart
as Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh
Murray Hamilton
as Bud Gurney
Patricia Smith
as Mirror Girl
Bartlett Robinson
as Benjamin Frank Mahoney, President Ryan Airlines Co.
Marc Connelly
as Father Hussman
Arthur Space
as Donald Hall, Chief Engineer Ryan Airlines
Charles Watts
as O.W. Schultz, Salesman Atlas Suspender Co.
Erville Alderson
as Burt (uncredited)
Frances Allen
as Mother from Oklahoma (uncredited)
David Alpert
as Clerk (uncredited)
Don Ames
as Crowd Member in France (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
Gordon Barnes
as Reporter (uncredited)
Griff Barnett
as Dad - Farmer (uncredited)
Jimmy Bates
as Farm Boy (uncredited)
Brandon Beach
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Paul Birch
as Blythe (uncredited)
Eumenio Blanco
Sheila Bond
as Model / Dancer (uncredited)
Eugene Borden
as French Gendarme (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
Paul Brinegar
as Okie (uncredited)
George Bruggeman
Robert Burton
as Maj. Albert Lambert - Lindbergh Sponsor (uncredited)
John Carlyle
as Bridegroom (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
as Passerby at Train Station (uncredited)
Virginia Christine
as Secretary (uncredited)
Rena Clark
as Bride (uncredited)
Robert Cornthwaite
as Harry Knight - Lindbergh Student (uncredited)
Jack Daly
as Louie (uncredited)
Richard Deacon
as Charles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited)
Pauline Drake
as Sob Sister (uncredited)
Duke Fishman
as Aircraft Mechanic (uncredited)
Slim Gaut
Roy Gordon
as Associate Producer (uncredited)
Dabbs Greer
as Goldsborough (uncredited)
Kit Guard
Creighton Hale
as Man Driving Car (uncredited)
Olin Howland
as Surplus Dealer (uncredited)
J. Anthony Hughes
Dick Johnstone
Walter Kingson
as Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
Richard LaMarr
Norman Leavitt
as Ryan Aircraft Employee (uncredited)
Johnny Lee
as Jess - Cook at Louie's Shack (uncredited)
Nelson Leigh
as Director (uncredited)
Herbert Lytton
as Casey Jones (uncredited)
James Macklin
Maurice Manson
as E. Lansing Ray - Editor, St. Louis Globe Democrat (uncredited)
David Orrick McDearmon
as Harold Bixby - St. Louis Chamber of Commerce (uncredited)
John McKee
David McMahon
as Lane (uncredited)
William Meader
Russell Meeker
Gordon Mitchell
as (uncredited)
Ann Morrison
as Mrs. Fearless (uncredited)
George Nardelli
Stuart Nedd
Bill Neff
as Cadet (uncredited)
James O'Rear
as Earl Thompson (uncredited)
Alan Paige
Jack Perrin
Lee Roberts
as Photographer (uncredited)
James Robertson Jr.
as Bill Robertson (uncredited)
Robert Robinson
Syd Saylor
Scott Seaton
George Selk
as Mechanic (uncredited)
Bernard Sell
Cap Somers
Aaron Spelling
as Mr. Fearless (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
Ernie Taylor
as Sailor (uncredited)
Percival Vivian
as Professor (uncredited)
Max Wagner
Ray Walker
as Barker (uncredited)
Harlan Warde
as Boedecker (uncredited)
Will J. White
Robert B. Williams
as Editor - San Diego (uncredited)
Rush Williams
Carleton Young
as Captain at Brooks Field Flight School (uncredited)
Chief Yowlachie
as Indian (uncredited)
Billy Wilder
Director
Robert Burks
Director of Photography
J. Peverell Marley
Charles A. Lindbergh
Novel
Wendell Mayes
Screenplay
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Leland Hayward
Producer
Charles Lederer
Adaptation
Louis Lichtenfield
Visual Effects
Art Loel
Art Direction
William L. Kuehl
Set Decoration
Arthur P. Schmidt
Editor
Hal Needham
Stunts
Harold Fisher
Sound Editor
Hans F. Koenekamp
Special Effects
Irvin Jay
Monty Pearce
Gordon Bau
Makeup Supervisor
Frank Flanagan
Gaffer
Ross Owen
Sound Recordist
Robert Ewing
Makeup Artist
T.A. Carman
Sound Mixer
George Vieira
Second Unit Director
Ann Locker
Hairdresser
Connie Nichols
Charles C. Coleman
Assistant Director
Don Alvarado
James A. Rosenberger
Second Assistant Director
Ted Mapes
M.A. Merrick
Sound
Don Olson
Wally Honn
Bert Eason
Aerial Camera