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Movie
The Flight of the Phoenix
Released: December 15, 1965 (1965)
Runtime: 142 minutes
Genres: Adventure, Drama
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Dan Duryea as Standish
Age at release: 58
- James Stewart as Frank Towns
Age at release: 57
- Peter Finch as Captain Harris
Age at release: 49
- Ernest Borgnine as Trucker Cobb
Age at release: 48
- Richard Attenborough as Lew Moran
Age at release: 42
- George Kennedy as Bellamy
Age at release: 40
- Christian Marquand as Dr. Renaud
Age at release: 38
- Hardy Krüger as Heinrich Dorfmann
Age at release: 37
- Ian Bannen as Crow
Age at release: 37
- Ronald Fraser as Sergeant Watson
Age at release: 35
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- Alex Montoya as Carlos
Age at release: 58
- Gabriele Tinti as Gabriel
Age at release: 33
- Barrie Chase as Farida
Age at release: 32
- Peter Bravos as Tasso
Age at release: Unknown