i have see jimmy stewart in all the regular role and but the spirit of st. louis be report to be one of his favorite . a poor box office performer when release and this film have be largely forget today . tell the well know story of lindberg famous flight in 1927 and stewart seem to be badly miss cast at first and and his well know voice never let you forget who youre watch while it feel like george baily all over again . but stewart obviously work hard on the role and he do everything right and so before long you do not care anymore that stewart be 20 year old than the man he portray . stewart lindberg be so gosh darn and all american and apple pie likable that you get catch up in the story and and you realize that stewart intend to portray lindberg with all of the aw shuck and yankee know how he could muster up . lindberg be an almost mythical hero in the u. s. and and stewart seem determine to keep up appearance . flash back be cleverly use to keep what be really a rather dull story move along and and i be strike by the subtle reference to faith that be scatter through the film while lindberg try to teach a hopeless priest how to fly and only to be confront by the priest on his belief and or lindberg refuse to carry a proffered st. christopher medal to save weight on the plane and only to find the medal hidden in his lunch bag after he would cross the atlantic . for me and this be a film not about a man epic journey into the unknown and but his realization that this life be much big than the thing we can see and feel .