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Title: Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes (1965)
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| Stuart Whitman | ... | ||
| Sarah Miles | ... | ||
| James Fox | ... | ||
| Alberto Sordi | ... | ||
| Robert Morley | ... | ||
| Gert Fröbe | ... |
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Captain Rumpelstoss
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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. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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Country:
UKRelease Date:
16 June 1965 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Die tollkühnen Männer in ihren fliegenden Kisten See more »Box Office
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Colonel Manfred von Holstein: The way we do everything in the German army: from the book of instructions.
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(uncredited)
(from IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA)
Music by Gioachino Rossini
Lyrics by Cesare Sterbini
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The name Sir Percy Ware-Armitage was a reference to the male member (Percy) and a then-leading company which produced bathroom porcelain products (Armitage-Ware - now Armitage Shanks) - including urinals. See more »Goofs
The propeller on Sir Percy's Avro Triplane is a four-bladed paddle-type throughout the movie, except for the first day of the race when it suddenly changes to a normal two-bladed type. See more »Quotes
Captain Rumpelstoss: But... how will I learn to fly, Herr Colonel?Colonel Manfred von Holstein: The way we do everything in the German army: from the book of instructions.
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Closing credits: Those Magnificent Men - and Women - were ... See more »Soundtracks
LA CALUNNIA UN VENTICELLO(uncredited)
(from IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA)
Music by Gioachino Rossini
Lyrics by Cesare Sterbini
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Centred around a London-to-Paris air race early in the 1900's, this is a wonderful English comedy spoofing national characteristics! You know the sort of thing, the expansive American hero, the fair-playing Englishman, the great French lover, the emotional Italian count, the enigmatic Japanese, the humourless pomp-loving German, and so on.
The casting is interesting, for this light-hearted movie's principal roles are filled by actors who are far more familiar playing the heavy: Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox, Jean-Pierre Cassel, and Gert Frobe. And make no mistake, they are superb at it!
Offending no-one of any age, this movie plays out against the back-drop of the air race, with a fantastic array of primitive aircraft. It is fun and full of life, tripping along easily and smoothly from one delightful absurdity to another. The English have made this movie, and while they have considerable fun at the expense of the Frenchman and the German, they cannot resist poking the bulk of the fun at themselves. They do so by augmenting the cast with the shifty Englishman (Terry-Thomas), the confidence man (Tony Hancock), and the foreigner-distrusting representative of the upper crust (Robert Morley).
This movie is a must see for anyone with any pretense to a sense of humour!