Movie Cosmos - Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

Description:

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?

Top Cast >

Stuart Whitman

As Orvil Newton

Sarah Miles

As Patricia Rawnsley

James Fox

As Richard Mays

Alberto Sordi

As Count Emilio Ponticelli

Robert Morley

As Lord Rawnsley

Gert Fröbe

As Colonel Manfred von Holstein

Jean-Pierre Cassel

As Pierre Dubois

Eric Sykes

As Courtney

Red Skelton

As The Neanderthal Man

Terry-Thomas

As Sir Percy Ware-Armitage

Flora Robson

As Mother Superior

Karl Michael Vogler

As Captain Rumpelstoss

Sam Wanamaker

As George Gruber

Maurice Denham

As Trawler Skipper

Gordon Jackson

As MacDougal

John Le Mesurier

As French Painter

James Robertson Justice

As Narrator

Ferdy Mayne

As French Official

Benny Hill

As Fire Chief Perkins

Millicent Martin

As Airline Hostess

Tony Hancock

As Harry Popperwell

Yūjirō Ishihara

As Yamamoto

Vernon Dobtcheff

As Member of the French Team

Zena Marshall

As Countess Sophia Ponticelli

Irina Demick

As Brigitte / Ingrid / Marlene / Françoise / Yvette / Betty

Cicely Courtneidge

As Colonel's Wife

Eric Barker

As French Postman

Fred Emney

As Colonel on Road

Davy Kaye

As Jean Pascal

Jeremy Lloyd

As Lieutenant Parsons

Eric Pohlmann

As Italian Mayor

Marjorie Rhodes

As Waitress

Norman Rossington

As Assistant Fire Chief

William Rushton

As Tremayne Gascoyne

Graham Stark

As Fireman

Jimmy Thompson

As Photographer

Michael Trubshawe

As Niven

Top Crew >

Ken Annakin

Screenplay, Director

Jack Davies

Screenplay

Ron Goodwin

Original Music Composer

Thomas N. Morahan

Production Design

Stan Margulies

Producer

Christopher Challis

Director of Photography

Anne V. Coates

Editor

Stuart Lyons

Casting

Gordon Stone

Editor

Osbert Lancaster

Costume Designer

Mike Fox

Focus Puller

Reviews:

RaeElaine

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 can be a real diversion. Although TMMTFM is about airplanes, automotive buffs can get a fix on some splendid specimens, that were before my time.

2015-03-07