Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)
2h 18m | PG-13
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?
Director: Ken Annakin
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Genre: Comedy
Video: 720p
Cast
Stuart Whitman
as Orvil Newton
Sarah Miles
as Patricia Rawnsley
James Fox
as Richard Mays
Alberto Sordi
as Count Emilio Ponticelli
Robert Morley
as Lord Rawnsley
Gert Fröbe
as Colonel Manfred von Holstein
Reviews
So STRANGE that I get to write a first review of this movie. This movie, short handed to TMMTFM, is so much fun to watch, and on a DVD (or Blue Ray), you can pause it while you fetch your O2 bottle so that you do not turn blue. I will leave it up to proper aeroplanists as to whether or not this is good flying instruction. However, as a former unit Safety Officer, spotting safety hazards can be a real sport. I think I counted six at my last use/view. Researching material on the internet can be a real diversion. Although TMMTFM is about airplanes, automotive buffs can get a fix on some splendid specimens, that were before my time.