The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)

12/15/1965 (US) • 2h 22m

Adventure, Drama

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.

Top Billed Cast

James Stewart

Capt. Frank Towns

Peter Finch

Capt. Harris

Hardy Krüger

Heinrich Dorfmann

Ernest Borgnine

Trucker Cobb

Ronald Fraser

Sergeant Watson

Dan Duryea

Standish


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$5,355,000.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

thirst

affectation

pilot

sahara desert

crew

disaster

airplane crash

desert

alcoholic

angry

candid

absurd

admiring

adoring

ambivalent

amused

approving

awestruck

enchant

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