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User Rating:
6.9/10   2,413 votes
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Director:
Ken Annakin
Writers:
Ken Annakin (written by)
Jack Davies (written by)
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Release Date:
16 June 1965 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Comedy | Action more
Tagline:
or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes
Plot:
Sabotage efforts damage an international air race. full summary | add synopsis
Plot Keywords:
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 6 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Actor Jean-Pierre Cassel Dies
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User Comments:
Playful comedy epic. more (34 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)
Stuart Whitman ... Orvil Newton
Sarah Miles ... Patricia Rawnsley
James Fox ... Richard Mays
Alberto Sordi ... Count Emilio Ponticelli
Robert Morley ... Lord Rawnsley
Gert Fröbe ... Colonel Manfred von Holstein (as Gert Frobe)

Jean-Pierre Cassel ... Pierre Dubois
Irina Demick ... Brigitte / Ingrid / Marlene / Françoise / Yvette / Betty
Eric Sykes ... Courtney

Red Skelton ... Neanderthal Man
Terry-Thomas ... Sir Percy Ware-Armitage
Benny Hill ... Fire Chief Perkins
Yûjirô Ishihara ... Yamamoto (as Yujiro Ishihara)
Flora Robson ... Mother Superior
Karl Michael Vogler ... Captain Rumpelstoss
Sam Wanamaker ... George Gruber
Eric Barker ... French Postman
Maurice Denham ... Trawler Skipper
Fred Emney ... Colonel
Gordon Jackson ... MacDougal
Davy Kaye ... Jean
John Le Mesurier ... French Painter
Jeremy Lloyd ... Lieutenant Parsons
Zena Marshall ... Countess Sophia Ponticelli

Millicent Martin ... Airline Hostess

Eric Pohlmann ... Italian Mayor
Marjorie Rhodes ... Maid
Norman Rossington ... Assistant Fire Chief
William Rushton ... Tremayne Gascoyne
Graham Stark ... Fireman
Jimmy Thompson ... Photographer
Michael Trubshawe ... Niven
Tony Hancock ... Harry Popperwell
James Robertson Justice ... Narrator (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gerald Campion ... Fireman (uncredited)
Robin Chapman ... Postman (uncredited)
Cicely Courtneidge ... Colonel's Wife (uncredited)

Vernon Dobtcheff ... Member of the French team (uncredited)
Maurice Dunster ... French Policeman (uncredited)

Gary Graham ... Child at Air Show (uncredited)
Nigel Kingsley ... Youngest Child of Ponticelli (uncredited)
Ferdy Mayne ... French Official (uncredited)
Bill Nagy ... American Journalist (uncredited)
Steve Plytas ... Continental Journalist (uncredited)
Nicholas Smith ... Fireman (uncredited)
Ronnie Stevens ... R.A.C. Officer (uncredited)
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Directed by
Ken Annakin 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Ken Annakin  written by
Jack Davies  written by

Produced by
Jack Davies .... associate producer
Stan Margulies .... producer
 
Original Music by
Ron Goodwin 
 
Cinematography by
Christopher Challis 
 
Film Editing by
Anne V. Coates 
Gordon Stone 
 
Casting by
Stuart Lyons 
 
Production Design by
Thomas N. Morahan  (as Tom Morahan)
 
Costume Design by
Osbert Lancaster 
 
Makeup Department
Biddy Chrystal .... hair stylist
Stuart Freeborn .... makeup artist
W.T. Partleton .... makeup artist (as William Partleton)
Barbara Ritchie .... hair stylist
 
Production Management
Colin Brewer .... unit manager
Colin M. Brewer .... unit manager
Pat Claydon .... unit manager
Denis Holt .... production supervisor
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Clive Reed .... assistant director
Don Sharp .... second unit director
Jake Wright .... first assistant director: second unit
 
Art Department
Jim Morahan .... additional art director
Jim Morahan .... associate art director
Arthur Taksen .... set dresser
 
Sound Department
Jonathan Bates .... dubbing editor
Gordon K. McCallum .... sound mixer
John W. Mitchell .... sound mixer
Otto Snel .... sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
Ron Ballinger .... special effects supervisor
Jimmy Harris .... special effects
Fred Heather .... special effects
Garth Inns .... special effects
Malcolm King .... special effects
Nick Middleton .... special effects
Richard Parker .... special effects
Jimmy Ward .... special effects
 
Visual Effects by
Roy Field .... visual effects (uncredited)
 
Stunts
Gilbert Chomat .... stunt pilot
Bill Sawyer .... stunts
Ken Buckle .... stunts (uncredited)
Jack Cooper .... stunts (uncredited)
Derek Piggott .... stunt pilot: Stuart Whitman (uncredited)
Joe Powell .... stunts (uncredited)
Nosher Powell .... stunts (uncredited)
Jack Silk .... stunt driver (uncredited)
John Sullivan .... stunts (uncredited)
David Watson .... stunt pilot: Karl-Michael Vogler (uncredited)
Allen Wheeler .... stunt pilot (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Skeets Kelly .... camera operator: second unit
Dudley Lovell .... camera operator
Mike Fox .... focus puller: aerial unit (uncredited)
 
Animation Department
Ralph Ayres .... animator
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dinah Greet .... associate costume designer
 
Music Department
Ron Goodwin .... conductor
 
Other crew
Geoff Freeman .... unit publicist
Joy Mercer .... continuity
Ronald Searle .... title designer
Allen Wheeler .... technical advisor (as Air Commodore Allen H. Wheeler)
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
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Runtime:
138 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English | French | German | Italian | Japanese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (35 mm prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System) (70 mm prints)
Certification:
Iceland:L | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Finland:S | Norway:7 | Portugal:M/6 | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | UK:U
Filming Locations:
Booker Airfield, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK more
Company:
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The 1910-era airplanes used in the film were replicas built using the authentic materials of the originals, but with slightly more powerful engines. About 20 planes were built at a cost of about 5,000 pounds each. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: Examples of (then) contemporary architecture are visible in the back-projection during the over-flight of Paris. more
Quotes:
Captain Rumpelstoss: But... how will I learn to fly, Herr Colonel?
Colonel Manfred von Holstein: The way we do everything in the German army: from the book of instructions.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Sixty Six (2006) more
Soundtrack:
LA CALUNNIA UN VENTICELLO more

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10 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Playful comedy epic., 24 December 2000
Author: Glenn Andreiev (gandreiev@aol.com) from Huntington, NY

You'll never forget the silly, marching band styled theme song to this 1965 comedy. Made during a period of big budgeted, epic, widescreen comedies with a big cast. Stuart Whitman is charming as the American entry into a multi-national air race between London and Paris in 1910. Sarah Miles, Terry-Thomas, Gert Forde, Benny Hill and James Fox lend fine support. Lots of well arranged, well thought out slapstick as well as low key, charcater driven comedy (James Fox and Whitman are great as romantic rivals forced to share the same breathing space.) At 2 hours 18 minutes, alot of fun.

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