The Flight of The Phoenix
– A cargo plane goes down in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the..
A cargo plane goes down 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 an airplane they will build to escape before their food and water run out.
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15 Dec 1965
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English, Italian, Arabic
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Not Rated
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A cargo plane goes down 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 an airplane they will build to escape before their food and water run out.
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Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 nominations.
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