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!
1965 · 2h 18m · Approved
Comedy
Directed by
Ken Annakin
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?
Director and cast
- Ken Annakin Director
- Stuart Whitman as Orvil Newton
- Sarah Miles as Patricia Rawnsley
- James Fox as Richard Mays
- Alberto Sordi as Count Emilio Ponticelli
- Robert Morley as Lord Rawnsley
- Gert Fröbe as Colonel Manfred von Holstein
- Jean-Pierre Cassel as Pierre Dubois
- Eric Sykes as Courtney
- Red Skelton as The Neanderthal Man
- Terry-Thomas as Sir Percy Ware-Armitage
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