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20th Century-Fox Presents The Motion Picture That Sets Comedy Ahead 100 Years! - Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
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Title: Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

Release Date: 16 Jun 1965

Runtime: 2h 18m

Genre: Comedy

Director: 20th Century Fox

Production Companies: 20th Century Fox

Overview: 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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Average Vote: 6.803 (173 votes)

Cast

  • Orvil Newton: Stuart Whitman
  • Patricia Rawnsley: Sarah Miles
  • Richard Mays: James Fox
  • Count Emilio Ponticelli: Alberto Sordi
  • Lord Rawnsley: Robert Morley
  • Colonel Manfred von Holstein: Gert Fröbe
  • Pierre Dubois: Jean-Pierre Cassel
  • Courtney: Eric Sykes
  • The Neanderthal Man: Red Skelton
  • Sir Percy Ware-Armitage: Terry-Thomas
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