Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)
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?
- Released
- 1965-06-16
- Genres
- Comedy
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Ken Annakin, Ken Annakin, Jack Davies
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 from 209 votes
Cast
- 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
- Flora Robson as Mother Superior
- Karl Michael Vogler as Captain Rumpelstoss