The Flight of the Phoenix

"Theirs was the triumph - yours, the excitement!"

Dec 15 1965 Approved 2h 22m
Adventure, Drama

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.

Plot

A cargo plane goes down 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 an airplane they will build to escape before their food and water run out.

Written by

Lukas Heller, Elleston Trevor

Directed by

Robert Aldrich

Cast

James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox, The Associates & Aldrich Company

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars. 6 nominations total

Trailers
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) Trailer
The Flight of the Phoenix
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HQ]
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