Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
20th Century-Fox Presents The Motion Picture That Sets Comedy Ahead 100 Years!
1965 | 138m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Ken Annakin |
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| Writer: | Ken Annakin, Jack Davies |
| Staring: |
| 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: | Jun 16, 1965 |
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| Director: | Ken Annakin |
| Writer: | Ken Annakin, Jack Davies |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | aviation, eiffel tower, paris, air race, prize, reproduction, vintage aircraft, stereotype, multinational, 1910s, benny hill |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $29,950,000
Budget: $5,600,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
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| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Stuart Whitman | Orvil Newton |
| Sarah Miles | Patricia Rawnsley |
| James Fox | Richard Mays |
| Alberto Sordi | Count Emilio Ponticelli |
| Robert Morley | Lord Rawnsley |
| Gert Fröbe | Colonel Manfred von Holstein |
| Jean-Pierre Cassel | Pierre Dubois |
| Eric Sykes | Courtney |
| Red Skelton | The Neanderthal Man |
| Terry-Thomas | Sir Percy Ware-Armitage |
| Flora Robson | Mother Superior |
| Karl Michael Vogler | Captain Rumpelstoss |
| Sam Wanamaker | George Gruber |
| Maurice Denham | Trawler Skipper |
| Gordon Jackson | MacDougal |
| John Le Mesurier | French Painter |
| James Robertson Justice | Narrator |
| Ferdy Mayne | French Official |
| Benny Hill | Fire Chief Perkins |
| Millicent Martin | Airline Hostess |
| Tony Hancock | Harry Popperwell |
| Yūjirō Ishihara | Yamamoto |
| Vernon Dobtcheff | Member of the French Team |
| Zena Marshall | Countess Sophia Ponticelli |
| Irina Demick | Brigitte / Ingrid / Marlene / Françoise / Yvette / Betty |
| Cicely Courtneidge | Colonel's Wife |
| Eric Barker | French Postman |
| Fred Emney | Colonel on Road |
| Davy Kaye | Jean Pascal |
| Jeremy Lloyd | Lieutenant Parsons |
| Eric Pohlmann | Italian Mayor |
| Marjorie Rhodes | Waitress |
| Norman Rossington | Assistant Fire Chief |
| William Rushton | Tremayne Gascoyne |
| Graham Stark | Fireman |
| Jimmy Thompson | Photographer |
| Michael Trubshawe | Niven |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Ken Annakin | Screenplay, Director |
| Mike Fox | Focus Puller |
| Jack Davies | Screenplay |
| Stuart Lyons | Casting |
| Christopher Challis | Director of Photography |
| Thomas N. Morahan | Production Design |
| Ron Goodwin | Original Music Composer |
| Gordon Stone | Editor |
| Osbert Lancaster | Costume Designer |
| Anne V. Coates | Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Stan Margulies | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 20 | 30 | 13 |
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So STRANGE that I get to write a first review of this movie. This movie, short handed to TMMTFM, is so much fun to watch, and on a DVD (or Blue Ray), you can pause it while you fetch your O2 bottle so that you do not turn blue. I will leave it up to proper aeroplanists as to whether or not this ... is good flying instruction. However, as a former unit Safety Officer, spotting safety hazards can be a real sport. I think I counted six at my last use/view. Researching material on the internet can be a real diversion. Although TMMTFM is about airplanes, automotive buffs can get a fix on some splendid specimens, that were before my time.