
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours and 11 Minutes
20th Century-Fox Presents The Motion Picture That Sets Comedy Ahead 100 Years!
138 min
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?
- Release date
- June 16, 1965
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Music
- Ron Goodwin
- Budget
- $5,600,000
- Box office
- $29,950,000
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Trailer
Soundtrack
- Prologue/Titlesinstrumental6:43
- Follow Me/Patricia With Cycleinstrumental2:58
- Beach In France/Von Holstein Exitsinstrumental6:16
- Japan Themeinstrumental1:16
- Patricia And Orvil With Cycleinstrumental3:09
- Rawnsley Drives Off/Ornithopter/Telescopeinstrumental7:26
- “Frere Jacques”instrumental0:34
- Richard’s Hangarinstrumental2:54
- “Dolly Gray”instrumental0:42
- Patricia In Restaurantinstrumental3:26
- Demoiselle Take-Offinstrumental1:00
- Runaway Planeinstrumental4:20
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 Count Manfred Von Holstein
- Jean-Pierre Cassel as Pierre Dubois
- Eric Sykes as Courtney
- Red Skelton as The Neanderthal Man
- Terry-Thomas as Sir Percy Ware-Armitage
- Flora Robson as Mother Superior
- Karl Michael Vogler as Captain Rumpelstoss
- Sam Wanamaker as George Gruber
- Maurice Denham as Trawler Skipper
- Gordon Jackson as MacDougal
- John Le Mesurier as French Painter
- James Robertson Justice as Narrator
- Ferdy Mayne as French Official
- Benny Hill as Fire Chief Perkins
- Millicent Martin as Airline Hostess
- Yūjirō Ishihara as Yamamoto
- Vernon Dobtcheff as Member of the French Team
- Zena Marshall as Countess Sophia Ponticelli
- Irina Demick as Brigitte
- Cicely Courtneidge as Colonel's Wife
- Eric Barker as French Postman
- Fred Emney as Colonel on Road
- Davy Kaye as Jean Pascal
- Jeremy Lloyd as Lieutenant Parsons
- Irina Demick as Ingrid
- Irina Demick as Marlene
- Red Skelton as Ancient Greek Flyer
- Red Skelton as Medieval Flyer
Crew
- Ken Annakin · Director
- Jack Davies · Writer
- Ken Annakin · Writer
- Stan Margulies · Producer
- Ron Goodwin · Composer
- Christopher Challis · Cinematographer
- Anne V. Coates · Editor
- Gordon Stone · Editor
- Stuart Lyons · Casting director
- Thomas N. Morahan · Production designer