• Rating:
• Genre: Adventure
• Movie Type: Costume Adventure, Ensemble Film
• Themes: Obsessive Quests
• Director: Ken Annakin
• Main Cast: Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox, Alberto Sordi, Robert Morley
• Release Year: 1965
• Country: US/UK
• Run Time: 138 minutes
• MPAA Rating: G

Plot

Ken Annakin's large-canvas comedy Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines is set in 1910. In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley (Robert Morley) offers 10,000 pounds to the first person who can fly across the English Channel. A huge number of hopefuls enter the contest, including the scheming Sir Percy Ware-Armitage (Terry-Thomas), who, with the help of his henchman Courtney (Eric Sykes), attempts to sabotage the other entries. There is also a love triangle featuring Orvil Newton (Stuart Whitman) and Richard Mays (James Fox) competing for the heart of Patricia Rawnsley (Sarah Miles). ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Stuart Whitman - Orvil Newton
• Sarah Miles - Patricia Rawnsley
• James Fox - Richard Mays
• Alberto Sordi - Count Emilio Ponticelli
• Robert Morley - Lord Rawnsley

Gert Fröbe - Col. Manfred von Holstein; Jean-Pierre Cassel - Pierre Dubois; Eric Sykes - Courtney; Terry-Thomas - Sir Percival Ware-Armitage; Irina Demick - Yvette; Irina Demick - Marlene; Irina Demick - Ingrid; Irina Demick - Francoise; Irina Demick - Brigitte; Irina Demick - Betty; Benny Hill - Fire Chief Perkins; Yujiro Ishihara - Yamamoto; Flora Robson - Mother Superior; Karl Michael Vogler - Capt. Rumpelstoss; Sam Wanamaker - George Gruber; Richard "Red" Skelton - Neanderthal Man; Eric Barker - French Postman; Fred Emney - Colonel; Gordon Jackson - McDougal; Davy Kaye - Jean; John Le Mesurier - French Painter; Jeremy Lloyd - Lt. Parsons; Zena Marshall - Sophia Ponticelli; Millicent Martin - Airline Hostess; Eric Pohlmann - Italian Mayor; Marjorie Rhodes - Maid; Norman Rossington - Assistant Fire Chief; William Rushton - Tremayne Gascoyne; Graham Stark - Fireman; Jimmy Thompson - Photographer in the Old Mill Cafe; Michael Trubshawe - Niven; Tony Hancock - Harry Popperwell; Gerald Campion; Dame Cicely Courtneidge - Muriel; Maurice Denham - Trawler Skipper; James Robertson-Justice - Narrator; Ferdy [Ferdinand] Mayne - French Official; Bill Nagy - American Journalist; Steve Plytas - Continental Journalist; Ronnie Stevens - R.A.C. Officer

Credit

Ken Annakin - Director; Ken Annakin - Screenwriter; Christopher G. Challis - Cinematographer; Anne V. Coates - Editor; Jack Davies - Screenwriter; Stuart Freeborn - Makeup; Ron Goodwin - Composer (Music Score); Ron Goodwin - Musical Direction/Supervision; Jim Morahan - Art Director; Tom Morahan - Production Designer; Richard Parker - Special Effects; Ron Ballanger - Special Effects; Dinah Greet - Costume Designer; Stan Margulies - Producer; W.T. Partleton - Makeup; Gordon Stone - Editor; Arthur Taksen - Set Designer; Ralph Ayres - Animator

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