
The Flight of the Phoenix
Theirs was the triumph - yours, the excitement!
1965 en 142 minutes
Rating: 7.2
Plot
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.
Trailer
Cast

James Stewart
Capt. Frank Towns

Richard Attenborough
Lew Moran

Peter Finch
Capt. Harris

Hardy Krüger
Heinrich Dorfmann

Ernest Borgnine
Trucker Cobb

Ian Bannen
Crow

Ronald Fraser
Sergeant Watson

Christian Marquand
Dr. Renaud

Dan Duryea
Standish

George Kennedy
Bellamy

Gabriele Tinti
Gabriel

Alex Montoya
Carlos

Peter Bravos
Tasso

William Aldrich
Bill

Barrie Chase
Farida

Stanley Ralph Ross
Arab Singer (voice) (uncredited)