THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN IN THEIR FLYING

Details

• Release Year: 1965
• Genre: Adventure; Classic; Comedy; Family
• Plot: Ken Annakin's large-canvas comedy Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines is set in 1910. In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley (Robert Morley) offers 10,000 pounds to the first person who can fly across the English Channel. A huge number of hopefuls enter the contest, including the scheming Sir Percy Ware-Armitage (Terry-Thomas), who, with the help of his henchman Courtney (Eric Sykes), attempts to sabotage the other entries. There is also a love triangle featuring Orvil Newton (Stuart Whitman) and Richard Mays (James Fox) competing for the heart of Patricia Rawnsley (Sarah Miles).;
• Cast: Stuart Whitman; Sarah Miles; James Fox; Alberto Sordi; Robert Morley; Gert Fröbe; Jean-Pierre Cassel; Irina Demick; Eric Sykes; Red Skelton; Terry-Thomas; Benny Hill; Yûjirô Ishihara; Flora Robson; Karl Michael Vogler; Sam Wanamaker; Eric Barker; Maurice Denham; Fred Emney; Gordon Jackson; Davy Kaye; John Le Mesurier; Jeremy Lloyd; Zena Marshall; Millicent Martin; Eric Pohlmann; Marjorie Rhodes; Norman Rossington; William Rushton; Graham Stark; Jimmy Thompson; Michael Trubshawe; Tony Hancock; James Robertson Justice; Ferdy Mayne; Gerald Campion; Cicely Courtneidge; Vernon Dobtcheff; Maurice Dunster; Nigel Kingsley; Nicholas Smith; Ronnie Stevens; Ken Annakin
• Director: Ken Annakin
• Runtime: 2:17
• Company: 20th Century Fox
• Media Format: Movie