Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1965 · 138 mins · English

Directed by

Ken Annakin

Starring

Robert Morley, Graham Stark, Benny Hill, Gert Fröbe, James Robertson Justice, Stuart Whitman

To revive his newspaper’s sales, Lord Rawnsley sponsors a flamboyant air race across the English Channel, offering a £10,000 prize to the first pilot to make the crossing. Meanwhile, competitor Percy plots to sabotage the other entrants’ aircraft. The story follows the comedic mishaps of early aviation and whether Percy’s scheme succeeds.