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
as Crowd Member in France (uncredited)
