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The Flight of the Phoenix 1966 3 and a half stars

      N/R, 147 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Kruger, Ernest Borgnine, Ian Bannen, Ronald Fraser, Christian Marquand, Dan Duryea, George Kennedy, Gabriele Tinti, Alex Montoya

  James Stewart plays the pilot of an airplane that crashes in the Sahara Desert. The only hope for the survivors comes from a model-plane designer Heinrich Dorfmann (Hardy Kruger).

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The Flight of the Phoenix (1966)

James Stewart

Oscar: Best Actor for The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Richard Attenborough

Oscar: Best Director for Gandhi (1982)

Peter Finch

Oscar: Best Actor for Network (1976)

Ernest Borgnine

Oscar: Best Actor for Marty (1955)

George Kennedy

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