Amelia Earhart, a Kansas girl, discovers the thrill of aviation at age 23, and within 12 years has progressed to winning the Distinguished Flying Cross for being the first woman to pilot a plane solo across the Atlantic Ocean. At age 39, she sets out on an attempt to circumnavigate the globe, an adventure that catapults her into aviation myth.
Cast:
- Hilary Swank - Amelia Earhart
- Richard Gere - George Putnam
- Ewan McGregor - Gene Vidal
- Christopher Eccleston - Fred Noonan
- Joe Anderson - Bill
- Cherry Jones - Eleanor Roosevelt
- Mia Wasikowska - Elinor Smith
- Aaron Abrams - Slim Gordon
- Dylan Roberts - Leo Bellarts
- Scott Yaphe - William Dalten
- Tom Fairfoot - Balfour
- Ryann Shane - Young Amelia
- William Cuddy - Gore Vidal
- Elizabeth Shepherd - Frances Putnam
- Richard Donat - Gallagher