Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes
(1965)
or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes
Stars: Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox, Alberto Sordi, Robert Morley
Director: Ken Annakin
Writer: Jack Davies, Ken Annakin
Language: English
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Duration: 138
In the early days of the 20th century, a British Newspaper offers a prize for the winner of a cross channel air race which brings flyers from all over the world. There are many sub-plots as the flyers jockey for position and the affections of various women.
| 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 (as Gert Frobe) |
| Jean-Pierre Cassel | Pierre Dubois |
| Irina Demick | Brigitte / Ingrid / Marlene / Françoise / Yvette / Betty |
| Eric Sykes | Courtney |
| Red Skelton | The Neanderthal Man |
| Terry-Thomas | Sir Percy Ware-Armitage |
| Benny Hill | Fire Chief Perkins |
| Sam Wanamaker | George Gruber |
| Yûjirô Ishihara | Yamamoto (as Yujiro Ishihara) |
| Maurice Denham | Trawler Skipper |
| Flora Robson | Mother Superior |
| Gordon Jackson | MacDougal |
| Karl Michael Vogler | Captain Rumpelstoss |
| John Le Mesurier | French Painter |
| James Robertson Justice | Narrator |
| Eric Barker | French Postman |
| Ferdy Mayne | French Official |
| Fred Emney | Colonel on Road |
| Millicent Martin | Airline Hostess |
| Tony Hancock | Harry Popperwell |
| Davy Kaye | Jean Pascal |
| Vernon Dobtcheff | Member of the French Team |
| Jeremy Lloyd | Lieutenant Parsons |
| Zena Marshall | Countess Sophia Ponticelli |
| Ron Goodwin | Original Music Composer |
| Eric Pohlmann | Italian Mayor |
| Christopher Challis | Director of Photography |
| Marjorie Rhodes | Waitress |
| Anne V. Coates | Editor |
| Norman Rossington | Assistant Fire Chief |
| Gordon Stone | Editor |
| William Rushton | Tremayne Gascoyne |
| Stuart Lyons | Casting |
| Graham Stark | Fireman |
| Thomas N. Morahan | Production Design |
| Jimmy Thompson | Photographer |
| Michael Trubshawe | Niven |
| John Adams | Gentleman |
| Lewis Alexander | Journalist |
| Baxter Annakin | Nelson - Parsons' Dog |
| Bernard Barnsley | Party Guest |
| William Baskiville | Gentleman |
| Sidonie Bond | Harry's Girlfriend |
| Gerald Campion | Fireman |
| Alf Casha | Dignitary |
| Pauline Challoner | Ponticelli's Daughter |
| Pauline Chamberlain | Woman in Dover |
| Robin Chapman | Postman |
| Arthur Collins | Spectator |
| Cicely Courtneidge | Muriel - Colonel's Wife |
| Billy Dean | German Mechanic |
| Maurice Dunster | French Policeman |
| Norma Foster | Minor Role |
| Chick Fowles | Reporter |
| Arthur Goodman | Party Guest |
| Gary Graham | Child at Air Show |
| Victor Harrington | Journalist |
| Max Howard | Boy in Crowd |
| Judy Huxtable | Girl at Dover Beach |
| Juba Kennerley | Journalist |
| Eric Kent | German Team |
| Nigel Kingsley | Youngest Child of Ponticelli |
| Manny Michael | Man in Crowd |
| Addo Miles | Patricia's Dog |
| Bill Nagy | American Journalist |
| Michael Oscars | Curious boy |
| Steve Plytas | Continental Journalist |
| Charles Price | Mechanic |
| Edith Raye | Woman in Crowd |
| Mike Read | Stuntman |
| Fred Real | Gentleman |
| Nicholas Smith | Fireman |
| Paddy Smith | Party Guest |
| Ronnie Stevens | Reporter |
| Kenjin Takari | Japanese Man |
| Rita Tobin-Weske | Nun |
| James Ure | Gentleman |
| James Villiers | Yamamoto |
| Pearl Walters | Party Guest |
| Philip Yardley | Philippe |
| Osbert Lancaster | Custome Designer |
| Biddy Chrystal | Hairdresser |
| Stuart Freeborn | Makeup Artist |
| W.T. Partleton | makeup artist (as William Partleton) |
| Barbara Ritchie | Hairdresser |
| Clive Reed | Assistant Director |
| Don Sharp | second unit director |
| Jake Wright | second unit assistant director |
| Jim Morahan | associate art director |
| Arthur Taksen | set dresser |
| Jonathan Bates | dubbing editor |
| Gordon K. McCallum | sound (as Gordon McCallum) |
| John W. Mitchell | sound |
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Media: DVD
Sound: 4-Track Stereo
IMDb: 0059797
