Directed by:
Robert AldrichScreenplay:
Lukas HellerCinematography:
Joseph F. BirocComposer:
Frank De VolCast:
James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Krüger, Ernest Borgnine, Ian Bannen, Ronald Fraser, Christian Marquand, Dan Duryea, George Kennedy (more)Plots(1)
A cargo plane carrying an assortment of oilmen and military personnel crashes in the Sahara Desert during a sandstorm. Realising they're too far off course to be found and rescued before food and water runs out, their only hope is to attempt to rebuild the aircraft amidst the unforgiving environment. An engrossing mix of intensely physical filmmaking an marvellous character turns across the board, The Flight of the Phoenix is a vivid chronicle of men pressure, with unsettling questions about the nature of leadership. (Eureka Entertainment)
(more)Cast
James Stewart
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Rear Window (1954)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Richard Attenborough
UK
Best movies:
Jurassic Park (1993)
The Great Escape (1963)
Hamlet (1996)
Peter Finch
UK
Best movies:
Father Brown (1954)
A Town Like Alice (1956)
The Nun's Story (1959)
Hardy Krüger
German Empire
Best movies:
Barry Lyndon (1975)
To Each His Hell (1977)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Ernest Borgnine
USA
Best movies:
Gattaca (1997)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Ian Bannen
UK
Best movies:
Braveheart (1995)
The Hill (1965)
Gandhi (1982)
Ronald Fraser
UK
Best movies:
The V.I.P.s (1963)
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
Ooh... You Are Awful (1972)
Christian Marquand
France
Best movies:
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
Dan Duryea
USA
Best movies:
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Little Foxes (1941)
Ball of Fire (1941)
George Kennedy
USA
Best movies:
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Charade (1963)
Gabriele Tinti
Italy
Best movies:
The Troops of St. Tropez (1964)
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
The Condemned of Altona (1962)
Barrie Chase
USA
Best movies:
Deep in My Heart (1954)
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Cape Fear (1962)
Alex Montoya
USA
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Viva Zapata! (1952)
William Aldrich
USA
Best movies:
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)