Director: Ken Annakin

Writers: Jack Davies; Ken Annakin

Music Composed and Conducted by: Ron Goodwin

Producer: Stan Margulies

Keywords: Action/Comedy, Aviation

London-to-Paris air race in the early days of aviation before the Great War, done as an epic comedy. In the middle, there is a love triangle. With Benny Hill in charge of the fire department what could go wrong? Somewhat dated, slow at times, but still largely holds together. Compare The Great Race (1965), released at the same time.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jean-Pierre Cassel	Actor	27-Oct-1932	19-Apr-2007	The Crimson Rivers
James Fox	Actor	19-May-1939		A Passage to India
Tony Hancock	Radio Personality	12-May-1924	25-Jun-1968	Hancock's Half Hour
Benny Hill	Comic	21-Jan-1924	19-Apr-1992	The Benny Hill Show
Gordon Jackson	Actor	19-Dec-1923	15-Jan-1990	Butler on Upstairs, Downstairs
James Robertson Justice	Actor	15-Jun-1907	2-Jul-1975	Doctor in the House
John Le Mesurier	Actor	5-Apr-1912	15-Nov-1983	Dad's Army
Sarah Miles	Actor	31-Dec-1941		Hope and Glory
Robert Morley	Actor	26-May-1908	3-Jun-1992	Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
Eric Pohlmann	Actor	18-Jul-1913	25-Jul-1979	They Who Dare
Flora Robson	Actor	28-Mar-1902	7-Jul-1984	Fire Over England
Norman Rossington	Actor	24-Dec-1928	21-May-1999	A Hard Day's Night
Red Skelton	Comic	18-Jul-1913	17-Sep-1997	The Red Skelton Show
Alberto Sordi	Actor	15-Jun-1920	25-Feb-2003	I Vitelloni
Graham Stark	Actor	20-Jan-1922	29-Oct-2013	The Return of the Pink Panther
Eric Sykes	Actor	4-May-1923	4-Jul-2012	The Plank
Terry-Thomas	Actor	14-Jul-1911	8-Jan-1990	Private's Progress
Michael Trubshawe	Actor	7-Dec-1905	21-Mar-1985	The Guns of Navarone
Sam Wanamaker	Actor	14-Jun-1919	19-Dec-1993	Rebuilt Globe Theatre
Stuart Whitman	Actor	1-Feb-1926		Cimarron Strip

CAST

Stuart Whitman	...   Orvil Newton
Sarah Miles	...   Patricia Rawnsley
James Fox	...   Richard Mays
Alberto Sordi	...   Count Emilio Ponticelli
Robert Morley	...   Lord Rawnsley
Gert Frobe	...   Count Manfred von Holstein
Jean-Pierre Cassel	...   Pierre Dubois
Irina Demick	...   Brigitte / Ingrid / Marlene / Fran�oise / Yvette / Betty
Eric Sykes	...   Courtney
and
Terry-Thomas	...   Sir Percy Ware-Armitage
Special Guest Star
Red Skelton	...   The Neanderthal Man
Co-Starring
Yujiro Ishihara	...   Yamamoto
Benny Hill	...   Fire Chief Perkins
Flora Robson	...   Mother Superior
Karl Michael Vogler	...   Capt. Rumpelstoss
Sam Wanamaker	...   George Gruber
Tony Hancock	...   Harry Popperwell
with
Eric Barker	...   French Postman
Maurice Denham	...   Trawler Skipper
Fred Emney	...   Col. Willie
Gordon Jackson	...   MacDougal
Davy Kaye	...   Jean
John Le Mesurier	...   French Painter
Jeremy Lloyd	...   Lt. Parsons
Zena Marshall	...   Sophia Ponticelli
Millicent Martin	...   Airline Hostess
Eric Pohlman	...   Italian Mayor
with
Marjorie Rhodes	...   Waitress
Norman Rossington	...   Assistant Fire Chief
William Rushton	...   Tremayne Gascoyne
Graham Stark	...   Fireman
Jimmy Thompson	...   Photographer
Michael Trubshawe	...   Niven
James Robertson Justice	...   Narrator (voice)

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