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The Flight of the Phoenix

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The Flight of the Phoenix
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2hrs 27min
Genre:
Action
Release:
1965
Director:
Robert Aldrich
Distributor:
20th Century Fox
Starring:
James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch  ...more
Synopsis: Based on Elleston Trevor's novel, The Flight of the Phoenix opens with a well-staged plane crash in the middle of the Sahara desert. The pilot (James Stewart) and the navigator (Richard Attenborough) do their best to maintain order among the survivors, a group of oil men not well-suited for survival in the desert wastes. Some of those who appear to be the most resourceful reveal themselves to be inept or cowardly, while other less prepossessing types -- notably bespectacled Standish (Dan Duryea) ... Full Synopsis
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Derek Armstrong, AMG Review
An all-star cast attempts a feat just this side of implausible in The Flight of the Phoenix, a taut disaster movie set in the Saharan desert. As the pilot whose arrogance dooms a dozen men to sandy purgatory, Jimmy Stewart embodies an old-school flying philosophy that butts up against the modern design concepts of a priggish German. The fact that the disagreeable German is most often correct, and Stewart ... Full Review
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James Stewart
Frank Towns
Richard Attenborough
Lew Moran
Peter Finch
Capt. Harris
Hardy Kruger
Heinrich Dorfmann
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Director John Moore at the The Flight of the Phoenix premiere in Westwood on December 15, 2004
Director John Moore at the The Flight of the Phoenix premiere in Westwood on December 15, 2004
Courtney Peldon at the The Flight of the Phoenix premiere in Westwood on December 15, 2004
Courtney Peldon at the The Flight of the Phoenix premiere in Westwood on December 15, 2004
Courtney Peldon at the The Flight of the Phoenix premiere in Westwood on December 15, 2004
Courtney Peldon at the The Flight of the Phoenix premiere in Westwood on December 15, 2004
Courtney Peldon at the The Flight of the Phoenix premiere in Westwood on December 15, 2004
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