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16 June 1965 (USA) moreTagline:
or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutesAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 6 nominations moreUser Comments:
lengthy and funny piece more (34 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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 | ... | Neanderthal Man | |
| Terry-Thomas | ... | Sir Percy Ware-Armitage | |
| Benny Hill | ... | Fire Chief Perkins | |
| Yûjirô Ishihara | ... | Yamamoto (as Yujiro Ishihara) | |
| Flora Robson | ... | Mother Superior | |
| Karl Michael Vogler | ... | Captain Rumpelstoss |
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Iceland:L | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Finland:S | Norway:7 | Portugal:M/6 | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | UK:UFun Stuff
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The Passat Ornithopter airplane in this movie was given to Cole Palen for promoting this movie. It can now be seen at the Old Rhinebeck Areodrome. moreGoofs:
Continuity: As the racers reach the French coast, we see a wide shot with five planes: three monoplanes and two biplanes. One of the biplanes is the German plane, which we've already seen crash into the English Channel. The only biplane left in the race by this point should be Newton's Phoenix Flyer. moreSoundtrack:
LA CALUNNIA UN VENTICELLO moreFAQ
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One of the numerous comedy epics of the 1960s (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World, and Monte Carlo or Bust being others), this movie is very funny and memorably so. The tale of several flyers from different nationalities (British, America, French, Italian, German, etc.) piloting their planes across the Channel from London to Paris - and the vintage model planes are fabulous - takes the form of a number of different interwoven stories leading up to the race in the last part of the movie.
The cast includes Terry-Thomas as Sir Percy, the cheating upper-class Englishman; James Fox as the irritating fop Richard; Stuart Whitman as Orvil the American nice guy; Jean-Pierre Cassell as the randy Frenchman; and Gert Frobe as the blustering German officer. Cameos a-plenty, from Benny Hill, Tony Hancock, William Rushton, Eric Sykes, Fred Emney, and so on. Irina Demick (in multiple roles), and Sarah Miles play what love interest the film has.
Highly recommended if you fancy a laugh. And a fantastic and memorable theme song as well.