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The Flight of the Phoenix

The Flight of the Phoenix

Theirs was the triumph - yours, the excitement!

19657.22h 22m

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.

Directed by Robert Aldrich
Written by Lukas Heller, Trevor Dudley-Smith
Produced by Robert Aldrich
Box OfficeBudget: $5.4M0

Top Cast

James Stewart

James Stewart

Frank Towns

Richard Attenborough

Richard Attenborough

Lew Moran

Peter Finch

Peter Finch

Captain Harris

Hardy Krüger

Hardy Krüger

Heinrich Dorfmann

Ernest Borgnine

Ernest Borgnine

Trucker Cobb

Ian Bannen

Ian Bannen

Crow

Ronald Fraser

Ronald Fraser

Sergeant Watson

Christian Marquand

Christian Marquand

Dr. Renaud

Dan Duryea

Dan Duryea

Standish

George Kennedy

George Kennedy

Bellamy

Themes & Keywords

thirstaffectationpilotsahara desertcrewdisasterairplane crashdesertalcoholicangrycandidabsurdadmiringadoringambivalentamusedapprovingawestruckenchant

About The Flight of the Phoenix

The Flight of the Phoenix is a adventure, drama film released in 1965 exploring themes of thirst, affectation, pilot, sahara desert, crew, disaster. Directed by Robert Aldrich, it stars James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch. 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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