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The Flight of the Phoenix

7.2 142 mins Adventure   Drama   1965
The Associates & Aldrich Company   20th Century Fox  
Director(s): 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 need to build before their food and water run out.

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James Stewart

as Capt. Frank Towns

Richard Attenborough

as Lew Moran

Peter Finch

as Capt. Harris

Hardy Krüger

as Heinrich Dorfmann

Ernest Borgnine

as Trucker Cobb

Ian Bannen

as Crow

Ronald Fraser

as Sergeant Watson

Christian Marquand

as Dr. Renaud

Dan Duryea

as Standish

George Kennedy

as Bellamy

Gabriele Tinti

as Gabriel

Alex Montoya

as Carlos

Peter Bravos

as Tasso

William Aldrich

as Bill

Barrie Chase

as Farida

Stanley Ralph Ross

as Arab Singer (voice) (uncredited)

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