Flight of the Phoenix

Flight of the Phoenix1965

Director: Robert Aldrich
Stars: James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Krüger, Ernest Borgnine
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Runtime: 142 minutes

Robert Aldrich's tense, 1965 drama about a plane crash in the Sahara is a unique psychological study of men in desperate circumstances. In this somewhat revisionist view of classic heroism, every character within the mixed lot is stretched to his li… more »



Heinrich Dorfmann:
Mr. Towns, you behave as if stupidity were a virtue. Why is that?

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  • Hershel Ben-Abraham
    Hershel Ben-Abraham
    A memorable movie. The tension between pilot Frank Towns(James Stewart), and Dorfman is dynamite.
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