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Feature film — 1965

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)

6.82h 18mComedy

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?

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20th Century Fox

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Director: Ken Annakin

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Cast & crew

Stuart Whitman as Orvil Newton

Stuart Whitman

Orvil Newton

Sarah Miles as Patricia Rawnsley

Sarah Miles

Patricia Rawnsley

James Fox as Richard Mays

James Fox

Richard Mays

Alberto Sordi as Count Emilio Ponticelli

Alberto Sordi

Count Emilio Ponticelli

Robert Morley as Lord Rawnsley

Robert Morley

Lord Rawnsley

Gert Fröbe as Colonel Manfred von Holstein

Gert Fröbe

Colonel Manfred von Holstein

Jean-Pierre Cassel as Pierre Dubois

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Pierre Dubois

Eric Sykes as Courtney

Eric Sykes

Courtney

Red Skelton as The Neanderthal Man

Red Skelton

The Neanderthal Man

Terry-Thomas as Sir Percy Ware-Armitage

Terry-Thomas

Sir Percy Ware-Armitage

Flora Robson as Mother Superior

Flora Robson

Mother Superior

Karl Michael Vogler as Captain Rumpelstoss

Karl Michael Vogler

Captain Rumpelstoss

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