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"The Flight of the Phoenix" quotes

The Flight of the Phoenix poster
After an oil company plane crashes in the Sahara, the survivors are buoyed with hope by one of the passengers, an airplane designer who plans for them to build a flyable plane from the wreckage.

Director: Robert Aldrich
Writer: Lukas Heller, Trevor Dudley Smith
Production: N/A
Genre: adventure, drama
Year: 1965
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 7.5
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 15 Dec 1965
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 6 nominations total

19 video clips

Heinrich DorfmannLew MoranTrucker CobbStandishBellamyFrank TownsDr. Renaud
Mr Towns - The Flight of the Phoenix 00:17 Mr Towns Granted this may not be the best possible advertisement - The Flight of the Phoenix 00:28 Granted this may not be the best possible advertisement Look I don't know what your practical navigation's like mine's not bad - The Flight of the Phoenix 00:23 Look I don't know what your practical navigation's... Insurance companies move in mysterious ways - The Flight of the Phoenix 00:10 Insurance companies move in mysterious ways If you hadn't made a career out of being a drunk - The Flight of the Phoenix 00:16 If you hadn't made a career out of being a drunk You told Towns he was behaving as if stupidity was a virtue - The Flight of the Phoenix 00:12 You told Towns he was behaving as if stupidity was a virtue But if you marched 106 miles by the stars - The Flight of the Phoenix 00:18 But if you marched 106 miles by the stars I told you there'd be no difficulty building this aeroplane - The Flight of the Phoenix 00:22 I told you there'd be no difficulty building this... I've lost five men Lew - The Flight of the Phoenix 00:47 I've lost five men Lew Gentlemen - The Flight of the Phoenix 00:36 Gentlemen Sometimes I wonder how you chaps never won the war - The Flight of the Phoenix 00:36 Sometimes I wonder how you chaps never won the war Perhaps you could relieve him at the generator - The Flight of the Phoenix 00:36 Perhaps you could relieve him at the generator I'm going to stay put in Benghazi - The Flight of the Phoenix 00:24 I'm going to stay put in Benghazi If the thing can't fly it can't fly That's all there is to it - The Flight of the Phoenix 00:13 If the thing can't fly it can't fly That's... The sandstorm will make it more difficult won't it - The Flight of the Phoenix 00:21 The sandstorm will make it more difficult won't it He's crazy Lew - The Flight of the Phoenix 00:10 He's crazy Lew And maybe Frank Towns who's flown every crate they've ever built - The Flight of the Phoenix 00:27 And maybe Frank Towns who's flown every crate... 'The little men with the slide rules and computers are going to inherit the Earth - The Flight of the Phoenix 00:11 'The little men with the slide rules and computers are... Do you want to say something - The Flight of the Phoenix 00:09 Do you want to say something

Cast

Frank Towns - James Stewart
Lew Moran - Richard Attenborough
Captain Harris - Peter Finch
Heinrich Dorfmann - Hardy Krüger
Trucker Cobb - Ernest Borgnine
All Cast