Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across the English Channel. But one of the participants, Percy, plots to sabotage his competitor's planes. Will Percy triumph?

Cast

Stuart Whitman

as Orvil Newton

Sarah Miles

as Patricia Rawnsley

James Fox

as Richard Mays

Alberto Sordi

as Count Emilio Ponticelli

Robert Morley

as Lord Rawnsley

Gert Fröbe

as Colonel Manfred von Holstein

Jean-Pierre Cassel

as Pierre Dubois

Eric Sykes

as Courtney

Red Skelton

as The Neanderthal Man

Terry-Thomas

as Sir Percy Ware-Armitage

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