The Flight of the Phoenix

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(308 votes)

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Adventure,

Drama

Duration:

142 minutes

Year:

1965

Director:

Robert Aldrich

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Company:

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

Crew:
Robert Aldrich

Director

Lukas Heller

Screenplay

Trevor Dudley-Smith

Novel

Robert Aldrich

Producer

Frank De Vol

Original Music Composer