The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)

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

1965-12-15

Genres

Adventure, Drama

Runtime

142 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Robert Aldrich, Lukas Heller

TMDB rating

7.2/10 from 393 votes