Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes (2024)

2024

Comedy

7 from 10 with total 91 votes

1965-06-16

138 minutes

In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across the English Channel. But one of the participants, Percy, plots to sabotage his competitor\'s planes. Will Percy triumph?

Stuart Whitman character Orvil Newton

Sarah Miles character Patricia Rawnsley

James Fox character Richard Mays

Alberto Sordi character Count Emilio Ponticelli

Robert Morley character Lord Rawnsley

Gert Fröbe character Colonel Manfred von Holstein

Jean-Pierre Cassel character Pierre Dubois

Eric Sykes character Courtney

Red Skelton character The Neanderthal Man

Terry-Thomas character Sir Percy Ware-Armitage

Flora Robson character Mother Superior

Karl Michael Vogler character Captain Rumpelstoss

Sam Wanamaker character George Gruber

Maurice Denham character Trawler Skipper

Gordon Jackson character MacDougal

John Le Mesurier character French Painter

James Robertson Justice character Narrator

Ferdy Mayne character French Official

Benny Hill character Fire Chief Perkins

Millicent Martin character Airline Hostess

Tony Hancock character Harry Popperwell

Yûjirô Ishihara character Yamamoto

Vernon Dobtcheff character Member of the French Team

Zena Marshall character Countess Sophia Ponticelli

Irina Demick character Brigitte / Ingrid / Marlene / Françoise / Yvette / Betty

Cicely Courtneidge character Colonel's Wife