The Flight of the Phoenix

IMDb 7.2 1965 • 142 min • AdventureDrama

Director

Robert Aldrich

Country

US

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

James Stewart
James Stewart Frank Towns
Richard Attenborough
Richard Attenborough Lew Moran
Peter Finch
Peter Finch Captain Harris
Hardy Krüger
Hardy Krüger Heinrich Dorfmann
Ernest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine Trucker Cobb