Movie
The Flight of the Phoenix
Theirs was the triumph - yours, the excitement!
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.
Availability
Not streaming in United States
The Flight of the Phoenix opened in theaters December 15, 1965. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
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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Cast
James StewartFrank Towns
Richard AttenboroughLew Moran
Peter FinchCaptain Harris
Hardy KrügerHeinrich Dorfmann
Ernest BorgnineTrucker Cobb
Ian BannenCrow
Ronald FraserSergeant Watson
Christian MarquandDr. RenaudCredits
- Directed by
- Robert Aldrich
- Written by
- Lukas Heller, Trevor Dudley-Smith
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $5.4M
Production
- The Associates & Aldrich CompanyUnited States
20th Century FoxUnited States