The Flight of the Phoenix
1965
2h 22min
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 need to build before their food and water run out.
Storyline
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 need to build before their food and water run out.
Released
15 December 1965
Runtime
2h 22min
Director
Budget
$5,355,000
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
The Associates & Aldrich Company, 20th Century Fox
Cast
James Stewart
Capt. Frank Towns
Richard Attenborough
Lew Moran
Peter Finch
Capt. Harris
Hardy Krüger
Heinrich Dorfmann
Ernest Borgnine
Trucker Cobb
Ian Bannen
Crow
Ronald Fraser
Sergeant Watson
Christian Marquand
Dr. Renaud
Dan Duryea
Standish
George Kennedy
Bellamy
Gabriele Tinti
Gabriel
Alex Montoya
Carlos
Peter Bravos
Tasso
William Aldrich
Bill
Barrie Chase
Farida
Stanley Ralph Ross
Arab Singer (voice) (uncredited)
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