Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Release: 1965-06-16
·Runtime: 138m
·★ 6.8
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?
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Michael Trubshawe
as Niven
Eric Barker
as French Postman
Fred Emney
as Colonel on Road
Maurice Denham
as Trawler Skipper
Tony Hancock
as Harry Popperwell
Davy Kaye
as Jean Pascal
Sarah Miles
as Patricia Rawnsley
Karl Michael Vogler
as Captain Rumpelstoss
Benny Hill
as Fire Chief Perkins
Yūjirō Ishihara
as Yamamoto
Robert Morley
as Lord Rawnsley
Gert Fröbe
as Colonel Manfred von Holstein
Red Skelton
as The Neanderthal Man
Terry-Thomas
as Sir Percy Ware-Armitage
Ferdy Mayne
as French Official
Vernon Dobtcheff
as Member of the French Team
Maurice Dunster
as French Policeman (uncredited)
Irina Demick
as Brigitte / Ingrid / Marlene / Françoise / Yvette / Betty
Jeremy Lloyd
as Lieutenant Parsons
Jean-Pierre Cassel
as Pierre Dubois
Flora Robson
as Mother Superior
Sam Wanamaker
as George Gruber
James Robertson Justice
as Narrator
Millicent Martin
as Airline Hostess
Cicely Courtneidge
as Colonel's Wife
Stuart Whitman
as Orvil Newton
Alberto Sordi
as Count Emilio Ponticelli
John Le Mesurier
as French Painter
Marjorie Rhodes
as Waitress
Norman Rossington
as Assistant Fire Chief
William Rushton
as Tremayne Gascoyne
James Fox
as Richard Mays
Eric Pohlmann
as Italian Mayor
Graham Stark
as Fireman
Eric Sykes
as Courtney
Gordon Jackson
as MacDougal
Zena Marshall
as Countess Sophia Ponticelli