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

1965 |2h 18m |  Comedy

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Cast

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Stuart Whitman

Orvil Newton

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Sarah Miles

Patricia Rawnsley

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James Fox

Richard Mays

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Alberto Sordi

Count Emilio Ponticelli

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Robert Morley

Lord Rawnsley

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Gert Fröbe

Colonel Manfred von Holstein

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Jean-Pierre Cassel

Pierre Dubois

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Eric Sykes

Courtney

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Red Skelton

The Neanderthal Man

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Terry-Thomas

Sir Percy Ware-Armitage

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Flora Robson

Mother Superior

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Karl Michael Vogler

Captain Rumpelstoss

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Sam Wanamaker

George Gruber

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Maurice Denham

Trawler Skipper

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Gordon Jackson

MacDougal

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John Le Mesurier

French Painter

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James Robertson Justice

Narrator

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Ferdy Mayne

French Official

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Benny Hill

Fire Chief Perkins

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Millicent Martin

Airline Hostess

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Tony Hancock

Harry Popperwell

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Yūjirō Ishihara

Yamamoto

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Vernon Dobtcheff

Member of the French Team

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Zena Marshall

Countess Sophia Ponticelli

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Irina Demick

Brigitte / Ingrid / Marlene / Françoise / Yvette / Betty

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Cicely Courtneidge

Colonel's Wife

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Eric Barker

French Postman

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Fred Emney

Colonel on Road

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Davy Kaye

Jean Pascal

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Jeremy Lloyd

Lieutenant Parsons

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Eric Pohlmann

Italian Mayor

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Marjorie Rhodes

Waitress

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Norman Rossington

Assistant Fire Chief

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William Rushton

Tremayne Gascoyne

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Graham Stark

Fireman

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Michael Trubshawe

Niven

More Details

Status

Released

Language

German, French, English, Italian, Japanese

Budget

$5,600,000.00

Revenue

$29,950,000.00