The Flight of the Phoenix
1965 · Movie · 2h 22m · NR
AdventureDrama
"Theirs was the triumph - yours, the excitement!"
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
Key crew
- Robert AldrichDirector
- Frank De VolOriginal Music Composer
- Lukas HellerScreenplay
Cast
- James StewartFrank Towns
- Richard AttenboroughLew Moran
- Peter FinchCaptain Harris
- Hardy KrügerHeinrich Dorfmann
- Ernest BorgnineTrucker Cobb
- Ian BannenCrow
- Ronald FraserSergeant Watson
- Christian MarquandDr. Renaud
- Dan DuryeaStandish
- George KennedyBellamy
- Gabriele TintiGabriel
- Alex MontoyaCarlos
Stills
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Themes
thirstaffectationpilotsahara desertcrewdisasterairplane crashdesertalcoholicangrycandidabsurd