Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
June 16, 1965
138 minutes
6.8
Comedy

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?

Trailer
Cast
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)
Jean-Pierre Cassel
(Pierre Dubois)
Eric Sykes
(Courtney)
Red Skelton
(The Neanderthal Man)
Terry-Thomas
(Sir Percy Ware-Armitage)
Flora Robson
(Mother Superior)
Karl Michael Vogler
(Captain Rumpelstoss)
Sam Wanamaker
(George Gruber)
Maurice Denham
(Trawler Skipper)
Gordon Jackson
(MacDougal)
John Le Mesurier
(French Painter)
James Robertson Justice
(Narrator)
Ferdy Mayne
(French Official)
Benny Hill
(Fire Chief Perkins)
Millicent Martin
(Airline Hostess)
Tony Hancock
(Harry Popperwell)
Yūjirō Ishihara
(Yamamoto)
Vernon Dobtcheff
(Member of the French Team)
Zena Marshall
(Countess Sophia Ponticelli)
Irina Demick
(Brigitte / Ingrid / Marlene / Françoise / Yvette / Betty)
Cicely Courtneidge
(Colonel's Wife)
Eric Barker
(French Postman)
Fred Emney
(Colonel on Road)
Davy Kaye
(Jean Pascal)
Jeremy Lloyd
(Lieutenant Parsons)
Eric Pohlmann
(Italian Mayor)
Marjorie Rhodes
(Waitress)
Norman Rossington
(Assistant Fire Chief)
William Rushton
(Tremayne Gascoyne)
Graham Stark
(Fireman)
Jimmy Thompson
(Photographer)
Michael Trubshawe
(Niven)