The Flight of the Phoenix

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1965-12-15

Languages:

English, Italian, Arabic

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

142 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (14783 Reviews)

Director:

Robert Aldrich

Genres:

Adventure Drama

Cast:

James Stewart Richard Attenborough Peter Finch Hardy Krèger

Writer:

Lukas Heller (screenplay)

Trevor Dudley Smith (novel)

Fullplot:

A cargo plane goes down 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 an airplane they will build to escape before their food and water run out.

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