Cast & Crew

Directed by

Billy Wilder
(directed by)

Writing Credits

Charles A. Lindbergh
(book)
Billy Wilder
(screenplay) and
Wendell Mayes
(screenplay)
Charles Lederer
(adaptation)

Cast

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
Don Ames
Crowd Member in France
Walter Bacon
Crowd Member in France
Gordon Barnes
Reporter
Griff Barnett
Dad - Farmer
Jimmy Bates
Farm Boy
Brandon Beach
Train Passenger
Paul Birch
Blythe
Eumenio Blanco
Crowd Member in France
Sheila Bond
Model / Dancer (uncredited)
Eugene Borden
French Gendarme
Chet Brandenburg
Crowd Member in France
Paul Brinegar
Okie
George Bruggeman
Train Passenger
Robert Burton
Maj. Albert Lambert - Lindbergh Sponsor
John Carlyle
Bridegroom
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Passerby at Train Station
Virginia Christine
Secretary
Rena Clark
Bride
Robert Cornthwaite
Harry Knight - Lindbergh Student
Jack Daly
Louie
Richard Deacon
Charles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co.
Pauline Drake
Sob Sister
Duke Fishman
Aircraft Mechanic
Slim Gaut
Aircraft Mechanic
Roy Gordon
Associate Producer
Dabbs Greer
Goldsborough
Kit Guard
Crowd Member in France
Creighton Hale
Man Driving Car
Olin Howland
Surplus Dealer
J. Anthony Hughes
Reporter
Dick Johnstone
Aircraft Mechanic
Walter Kingson
Newscaster
Richard LaMarr
Crowd Member in France
Norman Leavitt
Ryan Aircraft Employee
Johnny Lee
Jess - Cook at Louie's Shack
Nelson Leigh
Director
Herbert Lytton
Casey Jones
James Macklin
Reporter
Maurice Manson
E. Lansing Ray - Editor, St. Louis Globe Democrat
David Orrick McDearmon
Harold Bixby - St. Louis Chamber of Commerce
John McKee
Reporter
David McMahon
Lane
William Meader
Reporter
Russell Meeker
Train Passenger
Gordon Mitchell
(uncredited)
Ann Morrison
Mrs. Fearless
George Nardelli
Crowd Member in France
Stuart Nedd
Reporter
Bill Neff
Cadet
James O'Rear
Earl Thompson
Alan Paige
Reporter
Jack Perrin
Passerby at Train Station
Lee Roberts
Photographer
James Robertson Jr.
Bill Robertson
Robert Robinson
Passerby at Train Station
Syd Saylor
Photographer
Scott Seaton
Passerby at Train Station
George Selk
Mechanic
Bernard Sell
Aircraft Mechanic
Cap Somers
Crowd Member in France
Aaron Spelling
Mr. Fearless
Brick Sullivan
Passerby at Train Station
Ernie Taylor
Sailor
Percival Vivian
Professor
Max Wagner
Reporter
Ray Walker
Barker
Harlan Warde
Boedecker
Will J. White
Cadet
Robert B. Williams
Editor - San Diego
Rush Williams
Reporter
Carleton Young
Captain at Brooks Field Flight School
Chief Yowlachie
Indian

Produced by

Leland Hayward
producer (produced by)
Billy Wilder
producer

Music by

Franz Waxman

Cinematography by

Robert Burks
director of photography
J. Peverell Marley
director of photography

Editing by

Arthur P. Schmidt
film editor

Art Direction by

Art Loel

Set Decoration by

William L. Kuehl

Makeup Department

Gordon Bau
makeup supervisor
Robert Ewing
makeup artist (uncredited)
Ann Locker
hairdresser (uncredited)
Connie Nichols
hairdresser (uncredited)

Production Management

Norman A. Cook
production manager (as Norman Cook)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Charles C. Coleman
assistant director (as Charles C. Coleman Jr.)
Don Alvarado
assistant director (uncredited)
James A. Rosenberger
second assistant director (uncredited)
Fred Scheld
additional assistant director (uncredited)
George Vieira
second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department

J. Leslie Asher
assistant props (uncredited)
Lloyd R. Crawford
painter (uncredited)
Donald P. Desmond
set construction (uncredited)
James Peck
prop shop (uncredited)
Herbert Plews
property master (uncredited)
Victor Scheckel
greensman (uncredited)

Sound Department

M.A. Merrick
sound
T.A. Carman
sound mixer (uncredited)
Harold Fisher
sound editor (uncredited)
Irvin Jay
sound editor (uncredited)
Al Marsh
boom operator (uncredited)
Don Olson
sound editor (uncredited)
Ross Owen
sound recordist (uncredited)
Monty Pearce
sound editor (uncredited)
Guy Villette
sound assistant (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Hans F. Koenekamp
special effects (as H.F. Koenekamp)
Louis Lichtenfield
special effects
Wally Honn
special effects (uncredited)

Stunts

Ted Mapes
stunts (uncredited)
Hal Needham
stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Tom Tutwiler
aerial photographer (as Thomas Tutwiler)
Eddie Leon Albert
assistant camera (uncredited)
Foy Barnett
best boy (uncredited)
William Classen
grip (uncredited)
Bert Eason
assistant camera: aerial (uncredited)
Frank Flanagan
gaffer (uncredited) / head electrician (uncredited)
Mac Julian
still photographer (uncredited)
Ted D. McCord
camera operator (uncredited)
Wally Meinardus
assistant camera (uncredited)
Harold Noyes
key grip (uncredited)
Leonard J. South
camera operator (uncredited)
Fred Terzo
camera operator (uncredited)
Harry Williams
aerial grip (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Jane Leonard
wardrobe: women (uncredited)
Vic Vallejo
wardrobe: men (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Charles Eames
montage
John F. Burnett
assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department

Leonid Raab
orchestrator
Franz Waxman
conductor
Ray Heindorf
additional conductor (uncredited)
Roy Webb
composer: additional music (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Howard Hohler
script supervisor (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Victor Bertrandias
technical advisor (as Major General Victor Bertrandias USAF {Ret.})
Harlan A. Gurney
technical advisor
Doane Harrison
production associate
Paul Mantz
aerial supervisor
James Bissell
mechanic (uncredited) / pilot (uncredited)
Bill Boone
co-pilot (uncredited)
Carl Combs
publicist (uncredited)
Charles Eames
production consultant (uncredited)
John Hawkins
mechanic (uncredited)
Marvin Herness
radio operator (uncredited)
Cort Johnston
flight engineer (uncredited)
Richard Joslin
radio navigator (uncredited)
John Oliver
radio operator (uncredited)
Stanley Reaver
pilot (uncredited)
James Thompson
pilot (uncredited)
Edward Weidman
mechanic (uncredited)
Carroll Wright
mechanic (uncredited)
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