The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
Theirs was the triumph - yours, the excitement!
Starring James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch
Directed by Robert Aldrich
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 will build to escape before their food and water run out.
Runtime: 142 min.
Rating: 7.2
DVD
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Genres: Adventure
Keywords: thirst,pilot,sahara,crew,airplane crash,desert,alcoholic,cult film
Cast
Capt. Frank Towns
Lew Moran
Capt. Harris
Heinrich Dorfmann
Trucker Cobb
Crow
Sergeant Watson
Dr. Renaud
Standish
Bellamy
Gabriel
Carlos
Tasso