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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

20th Century-Fox Presents The Motion Picture That Sets Comedy Ahead 100 Years!

Genres

Comedy

OverView

In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across the English Channel. But one of the participants, Percy, plots to sabotage his competitor's planes. Will Percy triumph?

Others

Budget

$5600000

Revenue

$29950000

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

138 mins

Rating

6.788/10

Release Date

16 June 1965

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Stuart Whitman

Stuart Whitman

Orvil Newton

Sarah Miles

Sarah Miles

Patricia Rawnsley

James Fox

James Fox

Richard Mays

Alberto Sordi

Alberto Sordi

Count Emilio Ponticelli

Robert Morley

Robert Morley

Lord Rawnsley

Gert Fröbe

Gert Fröbe

Colonel Manfred von Holstein

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Pierre Dubois

Eric Sykes

Eric Sykes

Courtney

Red Skelton

Red Skelton

The Neanderthal Man

Terry-Thomas

Terry-Thomas

Sir Percy Ware-Armitage

Flora Robson

Flora Robson

Mother Superior

Karl Michael Vogler

Karl Michael Vogler

Captain Rumpelstoss

Sam Wanamaker

Sam Wanamaker

George Gruber

Maurice Denham

Maurice Denham

Trawler Skipper

Gordon Jackson

Gordon Jackson

MacDougal

John Le Mesurier

John Le Mesurier

French Painter

James Robertson Justice

James Robertson Justice

Narrator

Ferdy Mayne

Ferdy Mayne

French Official

Benny Hill

Benny Hill

Fire Chief Perkins

Millicent Martin

Millicent Martin

Airline Hostess

Tony Hancock

Tony Hancock

Harry Popperwell

Yūjirō Ishihara

Yūjirō Ishihara

Yamamoto

Vernon Dobtcheff

Vernon Dobtcheff

Member of the French Team

Zena Marshall

Zena Marshall

Countess Sophia Ponticelli

Irina Demick

Irina Demick

Brigitte / Ingrid / Marlene / Françoise / Yvette / Betty

Cicely Courtneidge

Cicely Courtneidge

Colonel's Wife

Eric Barker

Eric Barker

French Postman

Fred Emney

Fred Emney

Colonel on Road

Davy Kaye

Davy Kaye

Jean Pascal

Jeremy Lloyd

Jeremy Lloyd

Lieutenant Parsons

Eric Pohlmann

Eric Pohlmann

Italian Mayor

Marjorie Rhodes

Marjorie Rhodes

Waitress

Norman Rossington

Norman Rossington

Assistant Fire Chief

William Rushton

William Rushton

Tremayne Gascoyne

Graham Stark

Graham Stark

Fireman

Jimmy Thompson

Jimmy Thompson

Photographer

Michael Trubshawe

Michael Trubshawe

Niven

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