The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)

142 min · Accident, Drama, action film, disaster film

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Directors

Robert Aldrich

Cast

James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Krüger, Ernest Borgnine, Ian Bannen, Ronald Fraser, Christian Marquand, Dan Duryea, George Kennedy

The story

Frank Towns is the pilot of a cargo plane flying from Jaghbub to Benghazi in Libya; Lew Moran is the navigator. Passengers include Capt. Harris and Sgt.

Catalogue themes and tags

1960s, 1965, Absturz, Alkoholiker, Arabian, British, Cowardliness, Crew, Emergency Landing, Fear of death, French, German, Group, Improvisation, Intrigue, Kampf um Existens, Konkurent, Kontrahenten, Male Protagonist, Militär, Protector, Reparatur, Sahara, Sterben, Survivor, Thirst, Threat, US-Amerikanerin, Unfälle, Zwietracht, Überlebenswille, Disaster, Film adaptation, Drama, Adventure, Airplanes and airports

Genres

Accident, Drama, action film, disaster film

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