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

6.8

138 minutes

6/16/1965

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?

Cast List

Stuart Whitman
as Orvil Newton
Sarah Miles
as Patricia Rawnsley
James Fox
as Richard Mays
Alberto Sordi
as Count Emilio Ponticelli
Robert Morley
as Lord Rawnsley
Gert Fröbe
as Colonel Manfred von Holstein
Jean-Pierre Cassel
as Pierre Dubois
Eric Sykes
as Courtney
Red Skelton
as The Neanderthal Man
Terry-Thomas
as Sir Percy Ware-Armitage
Flora Robson
as Mother Superior
Karl Michael Vogler
as Captain Rumpelstoss
Sam Wanamaker
as George Gruber
Maurice Denham
as Trawler Skipper
Gordon Jackson
as MacDougal
John Le Mesurier
as French Painter
James Robertson Justice
as Narrator
Ferdy Mayne
as French Official
Benny Hill
as Fire Chief Perkins
Millicent Martin
as Airline Hostess
Tony Hancock
as Harry Popperwell
Yūjirō Ishihara
as Yamamoto
Vernon Dobtcheff
as Member of the French Team
Zena Marshall
as Countess Sophia Ponticelli
Irina Demick
as Brigitte / Ingrid / Marlene / Françoise / Yvette / Betty
Cicely Courtneidge
as Colonel's Wife
Eric Barker
as French Postman
Fred Emney
as Colonel on Road
Davy Kaye
as Jean Pascal
Jeremy Lloyd
as Lieutenant Parsons
Eric Pohlmann
as Italian Mayor
Marjorie Rhodes
as Waitress
Norman Rossington
as Assistant Fire Chief
William Rushton
as Tremayne Gascoyne
Graham Stark
as Fireman
Jimmy Thompson
as Photographer
Michael Trubshawe
as Niven