The Flight of the Phoenix

(1965)

APPROVED

7.5 /10

22,838 votes

IMDb

Release & Runtime

December 15, 1965 · 2 hr 22 min

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars. 6 nominations total

Languages

English Italian Arabic

Countries

United States

Adventure Drama

A cargo plane goes down in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for an airplane they will build to escape before their food and water run out.

Cast: James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch and others

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