in 1927 a young man and alone in a single engine aeroplane and fly non stop from roosevelt field in new york across the entire north atlantic ocean to le bourget field in paris and a distance of three thousand six hundred and ten mile . in this triumph of mind and body and spirit and charles a. lindbergh influence the life of everyone on earth for in the 33 hour and thirty minute of his flight the air age become a reality . this be the story of that flight . billy wild adapts from charles a. lindbergh pulitzer prize win novel of the same name and in what be re creation of lindbergh historical 1927 solo flight . boost by a considerably strong lead performance from james stewart { himself a pilot } a lindberg and and contain an intelligent screenplay from wilder and wendell mayes and spirit of st. louis be a sincerely well told story . in what at time threaten to become a monotonous film and wilder keep it tick over by use flashback to lindbergh life . after the nicely tell build up to the event and such a the peril be realise a nungesser and coli go miss { never to be find } whilst attempt the same trip in reverse and we learn stuff like how he come to buy his first plane and his work with the fly circus . this be all relative to understand the man and his obvious passion for fly . this also help to give u a complete picture of lindbergh and thus put u with him in his isolated cockpit a he undertake this dangerous journey . battle isolation { his only company be a fly } and chronic tiredness and it here where stewart perfectly portray lindbergh devotion to the task . aid by a terrific score from franz waxman and academy award nominate effect by louis lichtenfield and wilder movie turn out to be an engaging human interest story that get a thoroughly professional production . positive .