Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
20th Century-Fox Presents The Motion Picture That Sets Comedy Ahead 100 Years!
Genres
Overview
In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across the English Channel. But one of the participants, Percy, plots to sabotage his competitor's planes. Will Percy triumph?
Details
Budget
$5600000
Revenue
$29950000
Runtime
138 min
Release Date
1965-06-16
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
183
Vote Average
6.8
Stuart Whitman
Orvil Newton
Sarah Miles
Patricia Rawnsley
James Fox
Richard Mays
Alberto Sordi
Count Emilio Ponticelli
Robert Morley
Lord Rawnsley
Gert Fröbe
Colonel Manfred von Holstein
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Pierre Dubois
Eric Sykes
Courtney
Red Skelton
The Neanderthal Man
Terry-Thomas
Sir Percy Ware-Armitage
Flora Robson
Mother Superior
Karl Michael Vogler
Captain Rumpelstoss
Sam Wanamaker
George Gruber
Maurice Denham
Trawler Skipper
Gordon Jackson
MacDougal
John Le Mesurier
French Painter
James Robertson Justice
Narrator
Ferdy Mayne
French Official
Benny Hill
Fire Chief Perkins
Millicent Martin
Airline Hostess
Tony Hancock
Harry Popperwell
Yūjirō Ishihara
Yamamoto
Vernon Dobtcheff
Member of the French Team
Zena Marshall
Countess Sophia Ponticelli
Irina Demick
Brigitte / Ingrid / Marlene / Françoise / Yvette / Betty
Cicely Courtneidge
Colonel's Wife
Eric Barker
French Postman
Fred Emney
Colonel on Road
Davy Kaye
Jean Pascal
Jeremy Lloyd
Lieutenant Parsons
Eric Pohlmann
Italian Mayor
Marjorie Rhodes
Waitress
Norman Rossington
Assistant Fire Chief
William Rushton
Tremayne Gascoyne
Graham Stark
Fireman
Jimmy Thompson
Photographer
Michael Trubshawe
Niven
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