The Flight of the Phoenix

The Flight of the Phoenix

142 mins | Adventure | Dec. 15, 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 will build to escape before their food and water run out.

The Flight of the Phoenix

142 mins | Adventure | Dec. 15, 1965

The Flight of the Phoenix
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 will build to escape before their food and water run out.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers 20th Century Fox, Associates & Aldrich Company, The
Original title The Flight of the Phoenix
Directors Robert Aldrich
Writers Trevor Dudley Smith, Lukas Heller

Cast

James Stewart

as Capt. Frank Towns

Richard Attenborough

as Lew Moran

Peter Finch

as Capt. Harris

Hardy Krüger

as Heinrich Dorfmann

Ernest Borgnine

as Trucker Cobb

Ian Bannen

as Crow

Ronald Fraser

as Sergeant Watson

Christian Marquand

as Dr. Renaud

Dan Duryea

as Standish

George Kennedy

as Bellamy

Gabriele Tinti

as Gabriel

Alex Montoya

as Carlos

Peter Bravos

as Tasso

William Aldrich

as Bill

Barrie Chase

as Farida