Movie
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Released: June 16, 1965 (1965)
Runtime: 138 minutes
Genres: Comedy
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?
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Robert Morley as Lord Rawnsley
Age at release: 57
- Terry-Thomas as Sir Percy Ware-Armitage
Age at release: 53
- Gert Fröbe as Colonel Manfred von Holstein
Age at release: 52
- Red Skelton as The Neanderthal Man
Age at release: 51
- Alberto Sordi as Count Emilio Ponticelli
Age at release: 45
- Eric Sykes as Courtney
Age at release: 42
- Stuart Whitman as Orvil Newton
Age at release: 37
- Jean-Pierre Cassel as Pierre Dubois
Age at release: 32
- James Fox as Richard Mays
Age at release: 26
- Sarah Miles as Patricia Rawnsley
Age at release: 23
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- Cicely Courtneidge as Colonel's Wife
Age at release: 72
- Fred Emney as Colonel on Road
Age at release: 65
- Flora Robson as Mother Superior
Age at release: 63
- James Robertson Justice as Narrator
Age at release: 58
- Maurice Denham as Trawler Skipper
Age at release: 55
- John Le Mesurier as French Painter
Age at release: 53
- Eric Barker as French Postman
Age at release: 53
- Ferdy Mayne as French Official
Age at release: 49
- Davy Kaye as Jean Pascal
Age at release: 49
- Sam Wanamaker as George Gruber
Age at release: 46
- Gordon Jackson as MacDougal
Age at release: 41
- Benny Hill as Fire Chief Perkins
Age at release: 41
- Tony Hancock as Harry Popperwell
Age at release: 41
- Zena Marshall as Countess Sophia Ponticelli
Age at release: 39
- Karl Michael Vogler as Captain Rumpelstoss
Age at release: 36
- Jeremy Lloyd as Lieutenant Parsons
Age at release: 34
- Millicent Martin as Airline Hostess
Age at release: 31
- Yūjirō Ishihara as Yamamoto
Age at release: 30
- Vernon Dobtcheff as Member of the French Team
Age at release: 30
- Irina Demick as Brigitte / Ingrid / Marlene / Françoise / Yvette / Betty
Age at release: 28