Rating: NR
Genre: Action
Release Date: 05/20/2003
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD1/DD2
Run Time: 149 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox

Based on Elleston Trevor's novel, The Flight of the Phoenix opens with a well-staged plane crash in the middle of the Sahara desert. The pilot (James Stewart) and the navigator (Richard Attenborough) do their best to maintain order among the survivors, a group of oil men not well-suited for survival in the desert wastes. Some of those who appear to be the most resourceful reveal themselves to be inept or cowardly, while other less prepossessing types -- notably bespectacled Standish (Dan Duryea) -- demonstrate surprising inner reserves of strength. The ultimate fate of the survivors rests in the hands of Heinrich Dorfmann (Hardy Kruger), who uses the wreckage of the old plane to design a new one. The Flight of the Phoenix was dedicated to the memory of veteran stunt pilot Paul Mantz, who was killed while filming the take-off scene of the new plane.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
James Stewart - Frank Towns
Richard Attenborough - Lew Moran
Peter Finch - Capt. Harris
Hardy Kruger - Heinrich Dorfmann
Ernest Borgnine - Trucker Cobb
Ian Bannen - Crow
Ronald Fraser - Sgt. Watson
Christian Marquand - Dr.Renaud
Dan Duryea - Standish
George Kennedy - Bellamy
Gabriele Tinti - Gabriele
Alex Montoya - Carlos
Peter Bravos - Tasso
William Aldrich - Bill
Barrie Chase - Farida

Production:
Robert Aldrich - Director
Robert Aldrich - Producer
Frank De Vol - Composer
Michael Luciano - Editor
Lukas Heller - Screen Writer
Lucien M. Hafley - Set Designer
William Glasgow - Art Director
Walter Blake - Associate Producer
Joseph Biroc - Cinematographer
Norma Koch - Costume Designer
Clifford C. Coleman - First Assistant Director
Ben Nye, Sr. - Makeup
Gino Paoli - Songwriter
Howard Lydecker - Special Effects
L.B. Abbott - Special Effects
Elleston Trevor - Book Author

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