The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)

19652h 22mdir. Robert AldrichUnited Statesdisaster filmaction film

With James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Ernest Borgnine, Hardy Krüger, George Kennedy, Dan Duryea, Ian Bannen

Directed by Robert Aldrich

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The Flight of the Phoenix is a 1965 American survival drama film produced and directed by Robert Aldrich, based on the 1964 novel of the same name by English author Elleston Trevor. The story follows a group of men struggling to survive their aircraft's emergency landing in the Sahara. The ensemble cast stars James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Krüger, Ernest Borgnine, Ian Bannen, Ronald Fraser, Christian Marquand, Dan Duryea and George Kennedy.

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