# The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)

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**Runtime**: 142 min
**Genres**: Adventure, Drama
**Directed by**: Robert Aldrich
**Written by**: Lukas Heller
**Starring**: James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Krüger, Ernest Borgnine, Ian Bannen

> *Theirs was the triumph - yours, the excitement!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Blazing Sun meets Swiss Family Robinson. A cargo plane crashes in the Sahara leaving a handful of survivors with dwindling supplies. One engineer turns wreckage into wings to build an escape craft before thirst claims them all. A castaway’s ingenuity beats a dying horizon.

**Mood tags**: slow-burn, uplifting

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