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The Flight of the Phoenix

The Flight of the Phoenix

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 15, 1965

Runtime

2h 22m

Genres

Adventure, Drama

User Score

72%

Original Title

The Flight of the Phoenix

Production Companies

The Associates & Aldrich Company, 20th Century Fox

Director

Robert Aldrich

Budget

$5,355,000

Description

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.