Tuesday, November 1, 2011

The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)

This was another fine movie directed by Billy Wilder, with an excellent support of lead actor James Stewart. Everybody knows the history of Charles Lindbergh and his attempt to fly solo across the Atlantic non-stop. The performances by the actors were fine, and the effects were good for that era, but the movie was very flat and dull.
From a historical point of view it gives a good outline of the events of the flight and the leading up to the flight, but it ends abruptly after he lands the plane. The final shots of the ticker-tape parade for Linbergh was interesting but only lasted for about ten seconds. This movie was interesting but not entertaining, just two stars.

1 comment:

Ryan Lambert said...

I have had this on my queue for like a year, I will take it off. Thanks for the review.