

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
20th Century-Fox Presents The Motion Picture That Sets Comedy Ahead 100 Years!
Overview
In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across the English Channel. But one of the participants, Percy, plots to sabotage his competitor's planes. Will Percy triumph?
- Budget
- $5,600,000
- Revenue
- $29,950,000
- Production
- 20th Century Fox
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Cast

Stuart Whitman
Orvil Newton

Sarah Miles
Patricia Rawnsley

James Fox
Richard Mays

Alberto Sordi
Count Emilio Ponticelli

Robert Morley
Lord Rawnsley

Gert Fröbe
Colonel Manfred von Holstein

Jean-Pierre Cassel
Pierre Dubois

Eric Sykes
Courtney

Red Skelton
The Neanderthal Man

Terry-Thomas
Sir Percy Ware-Armitage

Flora Robson
Mother Superior

Karl Michael Vogler
Captain Rumpelstoss

Sam Wanamaker
George Gruber

Maurice Denham
Trawler Skipper

Gordon Jackson
MacDougal

John Le Mesurier
French Painter

James Robertson Justice
Narrator

Ferdy Mayne
French Official

Benny Hill
Fire Chief Perkins

Millicent Martin
Airline Hostess
Crew
- Director
- Ken Annakin
- Writers
- Ken Annakin,Jack Davies
- Producers
- Stan Margulies
- Cinematography
- Christopher Challis
- Composer
- Ron Goodwin
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User Reviews from TMDB
RaeElaine
March 7, 2015
So STRANGE that I get to write a first review of this movie. This movie, short handed to TMMTFM, is so much fun to watch, and on a DVD (or Blue Ray), you can pause it while you fetch your O2 bottle so that you do not turn blue. I will leave it up to proper aeroplanists as to whether or not this is good flying instruction. However, as a former unit Safety Officer, spotting safety hazards can be a real sport. I think I counted six at my last use/view. Researching material on the internet …

CinemaSerf
April 2, 2026
I remember this was always on STV when I was a child, and so with all the adverts it ran to over three hours and so I’m not sure I’ve ever got to the end of it until now. Now that I have, I found it quite an enjoyable romp in the style of David’s Niven’s “Around the World…” from 1956. “Lord Rawnsley” (Robert Morley) is worried that British preeminence in the aviation race might, well, not actually exist. With French, German, Italian, Japanese and yes, even the old colonials across the pond takin…





