The Flight of the Phoenix [10243] Released: 1965-12-15 Revenue: $0 Budget: $5,355,000 Profit: $-5,355,000 Runtime: 142 mins Popularity: 1.5199 Vote Average: 7.188 Vote Count: 329 Overview: 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 [16] James StewartCapt. Frank Towns Richard AttenboroughLew Moran Peter FinchCapt. Harris Hardy KrügerHeinrich Dorfmann Ernest BorgnineTrucker Cobb Ian BannenCrow Ronald FraserSergeant Watson Christian MarquandDr. Renaud Dan DuryeaStandish George KennedyBellamy Gabriele TintiGabriel Alex MontoyaCarlos Peter BravosTasso William AldrichBill Barrie ChaseFarida Stanley Ralph RossArab Singer Trailers The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HQ]