The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)

Adventure

A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for a replacement aircraft they will build to escape before their food and water run out.

Updated May 9 2020

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1965-12-15

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Keywords:

thirst sahara crew airplane crash airplane crash

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Runtime: 142 mins Budget: $5,355,000 Rating: 7.3 Tag Line: Theirs was the triumph - yours, the excitement!

Cast

James Stewart

Capt. Frank Towns

Ian Bannen

Father of Francesco

Richard Attenborough

Lew Moran

Ernest Borgnine

Trucker Cobb

George Kennedy

Bellamy

Peter Finch

Capt. Harris

Gabriele Tinti

Gabriel

Hardy Krüger

Heinrich Dorfmann

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Crew

Joseph F. Biroc

Director of Photography

Robert Aldrich

Director

Robert Aldrich

Producer

Frank De Vol

Original Music Composer

Lukas Heller

Screenplay

Michael Luciano

Editor

Trevor Dudley Smith

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