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The Flight of the Phoenix

1965 142 min NR Adventure · Drama

Theirs was the triumph - yours, the excitement!

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.

Directed by Robert Aldrich · Written by Lukas Heller

Starring James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Krüger, Ernest Borgnine, Ian Bannen

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