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!”
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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2 films
Cast
38 people
Stuart Whitman
Orvil Newton
Known for
The Comancheros
Night of the Lepus
Sarah Miles
Patricia Rawnsley
Known for
Blow-Up
Hope and Glory
James Fox
Richard Mays
Known for
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Utopia
Alberto Sordi
Count Emilio Ponticelli
Known for
The Marquis of Grillo
I Vitelloni
Robert Morley
Lord Rawnsley
Known for
The African Queen
Around the World in 80 Days
Gert Fröbe
Colonel Manfred von Holstein
Known for
Goldfinger
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Pierre Dubois
Known for
Asterix at the Olympic Games
Army of Shadows
Eric Sykes
Courtney
Known for
The Others
Theatre of Blood
Red Skelton
The Neanderthal Man
Known for
Rudolph's Shiny New Year
Ziegfeld Follies
Terry-Thomas
Sir Percy Ware-Armitage
Known for
Robin Hood
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Flora Robson
Mother Superior
Known for
Black Narcissus
Wuthering Heights
Karl Michael Vogler
Captain Rumpelstoss
Known for
Patton
Deep End
Ken Annakin Director · Jack Davies Screenplay Ron Goodwin Composer
Worldwide gross $30M · Budget $5.6M · United States release June 16, 1965
Box office
Budget
$5,600,000
Worldwide gross
$29,950,000
Gross vs. budget
5.3×
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · German · Italian · Japanese
Release dates
United Kingdom · June 3, 1965
Premiere
United States · June 16, 1965
Theatrical
Argentina
September 15, 1965 · Theatrical
Australia
October 14, 1965 · Limited theatrical · Sydney
Brazil
September 10, 1965 · Theatrical
Denmark
September 17, 1965 · Theatrical
Finland
September 24, 1965 · Theatrical
Germany
September 14, 1965 · Theatrical · West Germany
Hungary
April 11, 1968 · Theatrical
Japan
October 9, 1965 · Theatrical
Mexico
February 16, 1967 · Theatrical
Netherlands
July 16, 1965 · Theatrical
December 29, 2016 · TV · NPO 1
Romania
September 1, 1966 · Theatrical
Russia
November 11, 1968 · Theatrical
Russia
December 17, 2009 · Physical · DVD "20th Century Fox CIS"
Sweden
August 26, 1965 · Theatrical
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