Film
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
Theirs was the triumph - yours, the excitement!
Adventure, Drama· Directed by Robert Aldrich· 142 min
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.
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Connections
Top billing
- James Stewart as Frank Towns
- Richard Attenborough as Lew Moran
- Peter Finch as Captain Harris
- Hardy Krüger as Heinrich Dorfmann
- Ernest Borgnine as Trucker Cobb