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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 darling and hilarious in-flight acrobatic stunts ever caught on film. But the film's greatest triumph is the amazing re-creation of the vintage airplanes which did the actual flying.
Original Release
06/03/1965
US Release
06/16/1965
Cast
Name | Character |
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Sarah Miles | Patricia Rawnsley |
James Fox | Richard Mays |
Alberto Sordi | Count Emilio Ponticelli |
Robert Morley | Lord Rawnsley |
Gert Frobe | Count Manfred Von Holstein / Colonel Manfred von Holstein |
Jean-Pierre Cassel | Pierre Dubois |
Irina Demick | Betty / Brigitte / Ingrid / Marlene / Françoise / Yvette |
Eric Sykes | Courtney |
Red Skelton | The Neanderthal Man / Ancient Greek Flyer / Medieval Flyer / Winged Bicycle Rider / Winged Car Rider / Jet Pack Tester / Ornithopter Pilot / Passenger in Airport |
Terry-Thomas | Sir Percy Ware-Armitage |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Sarah Miles | Patricia Rawnsley |
James Fox | Richard Mays |
Alberto Sordi | Count Emilio Ponticelli |
Robert Morley | Lord Rawnsley |
Gert Frobe | Count Manfred Von Holstein / Colonel Manfred von Holstein |
Jean-Pierre Cassel | Pierre Dubois |
Irina Demick | Betty / Brigitte / Ingrid / Marlene / Françoise / Yvette |
Eric Sykes | Courtney |
Red Skelton | The Neanderthal Man / Ancient Greek Flyer / Medieval Flyer / Winged Bicycle Rider / Winged Car Rider / Jet Pack Tester / Ornithopter Pilot / Passenger in Airport |
Terry-Thomas | Sir Percy Ware-Armitage |
Benny Hill | Fire Chief Perkins |
Yûjirô Ishihara | Yamamoto |
Flora Robson | Mother Superior |
Karl Michael Vogler | Captain Rumpelstrosse / Captain Rumpelstoss |
Sam Wanamaker | George Gruber |
Eric Barker | French Postman |
Maurice Denham | Trawler Skipper |
Fred Emney | Colonel on Road |
Gordon Jackson | MacDougal |
Davy Kaye | Jean Pascal |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ken Annakin | Producer |
Jack Davies | Producer |
Stan Margulies | Producer |
Darryl F. Zanuck | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1966 | Oscar | Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen | Nominated |
1966 | Golden Globe | Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
1966 | Golden Globe | Best Actor - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
1966 | Golden Globe | Most Promising Newcomer - Male | Nominated |