Dec 15, 1965
142 min
Full-HD

The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)

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.

Category

Adventure Drama

Country

United States of America

Companies

The Associates & Aldrich Company 20th Century Fox

James Stewart

Capt. Frank Towns

Richard Attenborough

Lew Moran

Peter Finch

Capt. Harris

Hardy Krüger

Heinrich Dorfmann

Ernest Borgnine

Trucker Cobb

Ian Bannen

Crow

Ronald Fraser

Sergeant Watson

Christian Marquand

Dr. Renaud

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