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Film / 1965
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Directed by
Ken Annakin
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?
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Cast
Stuart WhitmanOrvil Newton
Sarah MilesPatricia Rawnsley
James FoxRichard Mays
Alberto SordiCount Emilio Ponticelli
Robert MorleyLord Rawnsley
Gert FröbeColonel Manfred von Holstein
Jean-Pierre CasselPierre Dubois
Eric SykesCourtney
Red SkeltonThe Neanderthal Man
Terry-ThomasSir Percy Ware-Armitage
Flora RobsonMother Superior
Karl Michael VoglerCaptain Rumpelstoss
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Sam WanamakerGeorge Gruber
Maurice DenhamTrawler Skipper
Gordon JacksonMacDougal
John Le MesurierFrench Painter
James Robertson JusticeNarrator
Ferdy MayneFrench Official
Benny HillFire Chief Perkins
Millicent MartinAirline Hostess
Tony HancockHarry Popperwell
Yūjirō IshiharaYamamoto
Vernon DobtcheffMember of the French Team
Zena MarshallCountess Sophia Ponticelli
Irina DemickBrigitte / Ingrid / Marlene / Françoise / Yvette / Betty
Cicely CourtneidgeColonel's Wife
Eric BarkerFrench Postman
Fred EmneyColonel on Road
Davy KayeJean Pascal
Jeremy LloydLieutenant Parsons
Eric PohlmannItalian Mayor
Marjorie RhodesWaitress
Norman RossingtonAssistant Fire Chief
William RushtonTremayne Gascoyne
Graham StarkFireman
Jimmy ThompsonPhotographer
Michael TrubshaweNiven
Maurice DunsterFrench Policeman (uncredited)
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