Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
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Worth a look
1965 · Movie · 2h 18m · G
The read
Scores higher than 74% of the 466 1960s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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?
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes78%
204 audience votes
Key crew
- Ken AnnakinDirector
- Ken AnnakinScreenplay
- Jack DaviesScreenplay
- Ron GoodwinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Stuart WhitmanOrvil Newton
- Sarah MilesPatricia Rawnsley
- James FoxRichard Mays
- Alberto SordiCount Emilio Ponticelli
- Robert MorleyLord Rawnsley
- Gert FröbeColonel Manfred von Holstein
- Jean-Pierre CasselPierre Dubois
- Eric SykesCourtney
- Red SkeltonThe Neanderthal Man
- Terry-ThomasSir Percy Ware-Armitage
- Flora RobsonMother Superior
- Karl Michael VoglerCaptain Rumpelstoss
Themes
aviationeiffel tower, parisair raceprizereproductionvintage aircraftstereotypemultinational1910sbenny hill
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