The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)

Adventure
Drama

A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for a replacement aircraft they need to build before their food and water run out.

Cast

Capt. Frank Towns
James Stewart
Lew Moran
Richard Attenborough
Gabriel
Gabriele Tinti
Carlos
A Alex Montoya
Tasso
P Peter Bravos
Bill
W William Aldrich
Farida
Barrie Chase
Arab Singer (voice) (uncredited)
S Stanley Ralph Ross
Capt. Harris
Peter Finch
Heinrich Dorfmann
Hardy Krüger
Trucker Cobb
Ernest Borgnine
Crow
Ian Bannen
Sergeant Watson
Ronald Fraser
Dr. Renaud
Christian Marquand
Standish
Dan Duryea
Bellamy
George Kennedy

Crew

Director
Robert Aldrich
Screenplay
L Lukas Heller
Novel
Trevor Dudley-Smith
Producer
Robert Aldrich
Original Music Composer
F Frank De Vol
Director of Photography
J Joseph F. Biroc
Editor
Michael Luciano
Property Master
J John Orlando
Art Direction
W William Glasgow
Set Decoration
L Lucien Hafley
Costume Design
N Norma Koch
Makeup Artist
E Edwin Butterworth
Makeup Supervisor
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
T Terry Miles
Makeup Artist
J Jack Stone
Makeup Artist
W William Turner
Makeup Artist
F Frank Westmore
Makeup Artist
D Dee Manges
Assistant Director
A Alan Callow
Assistant Director
C Clifford C. Coleman
Second Unit Director
Oscar Rudolph
Assistant Director
W William F. Sheehan
Special Effects
J Johnny Borgese
Visual Effects
L L.B. Abbott
Visual Effects
H Howard Lydecker
Stunts
P Paul Mantz
Stunts
T Ted Mapes
Stunts
B Bob Rose
First Assistant Camera
R Red Crawford
Assistant Camera
A Arthur Gerstle
Assistant Camera
R Ronald Vidor