Overview - The Flight of the Phoenix

Date of release

Genres

  • Adventure
  • Drama

Runtime: 142 minutes

Homepage: The Flight of the Phoenix

Budget

$5,355,000.00

Revenue

$0.00

Spoken Languages

  • English

Production companies

  • Name: The Associates & Aldrich Company

    Production country United States of America

  • Name: 20th Century Fox

    Production country United States of America

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.

Cast

  • Name: James Stewart

    Character: Capt. Frank Towns

    Popularity: 1.7175

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  • Name: Richard Attenborough

    Character: Lew Moran

    Popularity: 1.0944

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  • Name: Peter Finch

    Character: Capt. Harris

    Popularity: 0.3404

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  • Name: Hardy Krüger

    Character: Heinrich Dorfmann

    Popularity: 0.6033

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  • Name: Ernest Borgnine

    Character: Trucker Cobb

    Popularity: 1.4637

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  • Name: Ian Bannen

    Character: Crow

    Popularity: 0.4019

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  • Name: Ronald Fraser

    Character: Sergeant Watson

    Popularity: 0.4638

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  • Name: Christian Marquand

    Character: Dr. Renaud

    Popularity: 0.325

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