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

Jun 16, 1965

2h 18m

★ 6.8

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

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?

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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

Cast

Orvil Newton

Stuart Whitman

Patricia Rawnsley

Sarah Miles

Richard Mays

James Fox

Count Emilio Ponticelli

Alberto Sordi

Lord Rawnsley

Robert Morley

Colonel Manfred von Holstein

Gert Fröbe

Pierre Dubois

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Courtney

Eric Sykes

The Neanderthal Man

Red Skelton

Sir Percy Ware-Armitage

Terry-Thomas

Mother Superior

Flora Robson

Captain Rumpelstoss

Karl Michael Vogler

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