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Flight of the Phoenix (1965)  link to Flight of the Phoenix on IMDb  

Number: 610

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IMDb Rating:
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7.6/10 (16.5K votes)

Also known as: The Flight of the Phoenix

Country: United States, 142 minutes

Spoken languages: English, Italian, Arabic

Genres: Adventure, Drama

Director(s): Robert Aldrich

Storyline:
A cargo plane goes down in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for an airplane they will build to escape before their food and water run out.

Cast:

James Stewart Frank Towns
Richard Attenborough Lew Moran
Peter Finch Captain Harris
Hardy Krüger Heinrich Dorfmann
Ernest Borgnine Trucker Cobb

Medium: DVD R/RW, Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Location: Drawer 2 Slot 124

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1