Those magnificent men in their flying machines

Resource Information

The work Those magnificent men in their flying machines represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Barrington Area Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Those magnificent men in their flying machines

Statement of responsibility

Twentieth Century Fox presents ; produced by Stan Margulies ; written by Jack Davies & Ken Annakin ; directed by Ken Annakin

Title variation

How I flew from London to Paris in 25 hours and 11 minutes

Contributor

• Cassel, Jean-Pierre, 1932-2007
• Davies, Jack, 1913-1994
• Demick, Irina
• Fox, James, 1939-
• Fröbe, Gert, 1913-1988
• Hill, Benny, 1925-1992-
• Ishihara, Yūjirō, 1934-1987
• Margulies, Stan
• Miles, Sarah, 1941-
• Morley, Robert
• Robson, Flora, 1902-1984
• Skelton, Red, 1913-1997
• Sordi, Alberto, 1919-2003
• Sykes, Eric, 1923-2012
• Terry-Thomas, 1911-1990
• Wanamaker, Sam, 1919-1993
• Whitman, Stuart
• Annakin, Ken

Subject

• Airplane racing -- Drama
• Comedy films
• Feature films
• Historical films

Genre

• Drama
• Feature films
• Historical films
• Comedy films

Language

• eng
• spa
• fre
• eng
• spa
• eng

Summary

"This extraordinary comic version of the historic 1910 London to Paris air race features the greatest aviators from around the world. They all come together when a stuffy, but very rich, newspaper publisher decides to sponsor an airplane race across the English Channel. Convinced it will give his newspaper worldwide publicity, the publisher offers 10,000 pounds to the winner. The escapades between the American, British, French, German, Italian and Japanese teams result in the most daring and hilarious in-flight acrobatic stunts ever caught on film."

Member of

• 20th-century-Fox family features

Cataloging source

EYM

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Cinematographer, Christopher Challis ; editors, Anne V. Coates, Gordon Stone ; music, Ron Goodwin ; costume designer, Osbert Lancaster ; production designer, Thomas N. Morahan

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG

Language note

English (5.0 surround), Spanish (mono.) or French (mono.) with optional English and Spanish subtitles; Closed-captioned

PerformerNote

Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox, Alberto Sordi, Robert Morley, Gert Frobe, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Irina Demick, Eric Sykes, Terry Thomas, Red Skelton, Benny Hill, Yujiro Ishihara, Flora Robson, Karl Michael Vogler, Sam Wanamaker

Runtime

137

Series statement

20th-century-Fox family features

Technique

live action