Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines

In 1910, newspaper mogul Lord Rawnsley decides to offer a large cash sum to the first pilot to successfully fly over the English Channel. Aviation experts from near and far enter the race, including the underhanded Sir Percy Ware-Armitage, wild American flyer Orvil Newton and British ace Richard Mays . Orvil and Richard come out as the front-runners, but both men are distracted by Rawnsley's lovely daughter, Patricia .

Cast :

• Stuart Whitman
• Orvil Newton

• Sarah Miles
• Patricia Rawnsley

• James Fox
• Richard Mays

• Alberto Sordi
• Count Emilio Ponticelli

• Robert Morley
• Lord Rawnsley

• Gert Frobe
• Colonel Manfred von Holstein

• Jean-Pierre Cassel
• Pierre Dubois

• Eric Sykes
• Courtney

• Terry-Thomas
• Sir Percy Ware-Armitage

• Tony Hancock
• Harry Popperwell

• Benny Hill
• Fire Chief Perkins

• Flora Robson
• Mother Superior

• Sam Wanamaker
• George Gruber

• Gordon Jackson
• MacDougal

• John Le Mesurier
• French Painter

• Jeremy Lloyd
• Lieutenant Parsons

• Zena Marshall
• Countess Sophia Ponticelli

• Millicent Martin
• Airline Hostess