Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines

1965 • 138 minutes

About this movie

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 daring 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.

Ratings and reviews

A cracking story - an all-star comedy cast - what more could you ask? Still enjoyable all these years after it was first released. A classic.

Classic history classic fun for all time.

Great fun!