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    Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (1965)

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    The wacky, adventurous tale of a 1910 air race from London to Paris just when aviators were starting to make rapid progress with their amazing array of pioneering aircraft.

    The versatile cast has Stuart Whitman as a cowboy who decides to strap into a bi-plane and forsake the horse and saddle, Sarah Miles as the delightful English lass he loves, Gert Frobe as the accident-prone German entrant, Terry-Thomas as a memorable villain, Robert Morley as the newspaper proprietor who sponsors the race and Tony Hancock and Eric Sykes as foiled villains.

    The aerial stuntwork (replica vintage planes were built to fly in the movie) is tremendous and the goings-on – both in the air and on terra firma – are jam-packed with fun and hijinks.

    Co-starring are Gordon Jackson, William Rushton, James Fox, Alberto Sordi, Benny Hill, Red Skelton, Flora Robson, Cicely Courtenidge, Sam Wannamaker and Irina Demick.

    Ken Annakin directs, with the excellent camerawork organised by Christopher Challis and the bouncy, bright music from Ron Goodwin.

    Orvil Newton
    Stuart Whitman
    Patricia Rawnsley
    Sarah Miles
    Richard Mays
    James Fox
    Count Emilio Ponticelli
    Alberto Sordi
    Lord Rawnsley
    Robert Morley
    Count Manfred Von Holstein
    Gert Frobe
    Pierre Dubois
    Jean-Pierre Cassel
    Brigitte/Ingrid/Marlene/Françoise/Yvette/Betty
    Irina Demick
    Courtney
    Eric Sykes
    Sir Percy Ware-Armitage
    Terry-Thomas
    Neanderthal Man/Ancient Greek Flyer/Medieval Flyer/Winged Bicycle Rider/Winged Car Rider/Jet Pack Tester/Ornithopter Pilot/Passenger in Airport
    Red Skelton
    Fire Chief Perkins
    Benny Hill
    Mother Superior
    Flora Robson
    Harry Popperwell
    Tony Hancock
    Yamamoto
    Yujiro Ishihara
    Captain Rumpelstrosse
    Karl Michael Vogler
    George Gruber
    Sam Wanamaker
    French Postman
    Eric Barker
    Trawler Skipper
    Maurice Denham
    MacDougal
    Gordon Jackson
    French Painter
    John Le Mesurier
    Lieutenant Parsons
    Jeremy Lloyd
    Countess Sofia Ponticelli
    Zena Marshall
    Airline Hostess
    Millicent Martin
    Assistant Fire Chief
    Norman Rossington
    Tremayne Gascoyne
    William Rushton
    Narrator
    James Robertson Justice

    Director
    Ken Annakin

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