The flight of the Phoenix Twentieth Century-Fox, the Associates & Aldrich Company, Inc. ; producer, Robert Aldrich ; writer, Lukas Heller ; director, Robert Aldrich.
Not rated. Originally released as a motion picture in 1965. Based on the novel of the same title by Elleston Trevor. James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Kruger, Ernest Borgnine, Ian Bannen, Ronald Fraser, Christian Marquand, George Kennedy.
Summary:
A small passenger plane makes a forced landing in the Sahara. The challenge: survival. The tiny band from the plane fights off thirst, Arabs, treachery, declining morale and despair. Incredibly, the plane, like the legendary phoenix that rises from its own ashes, flies again.
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