
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)
Comedy
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?
Director: Ken Annakin
The 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
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