Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes poster

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

20th Century-Fox Presents The Motion Picture That Sets Comedy Ahead 100 Years!

6.8(209)19652h 18m3

In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across the English Channel. But one of the participants, Percy, plots to sabotage his competitor's planes. Will Percy triumph?

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Status
Released
Budget
$5.6M
Box office
$30M
Language
English
Part of Those Magnificent Men in Their...Collection · 2 films
  • aviation
  • eiffel tower, paris
  • air race
  • prize
  • reproduction
  • vintage aircraft
  • stereotype
  • multinational
  • 1910s
  • benny hill

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Ken Annakin

Produced in

United Kingdom

Gallery

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalG16 Jun 1965
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereU3 Jun 1965
  • AustraliaAU

    • Theatrical (limited)GSydney14 Oct 1965
  • ArgentinaAR

    • TheatricalAtp15 Sept 1965
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical10 Sept 1965
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical17 Sept 1965
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalS24 Sept 1965
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical6West Germany14 Sept 1965
  • HungaryHU

    • Theatrical11 Apr 1968
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical9 Oct 1965
  • MexicoMX

    • Theatrical16 Feb 1967
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical16 Jul 1965
    • TVNPO 129 Dec 2016

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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes was released on 16 June 1965.

Audience reviews

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  • R

    RaeElaine

    3/7/2015

    So STRANGE that I get to write a first review of this movie. This movie, short handed to TMMTFM, is so much fun to watch, and on a DVD (or Blue Ray), you can pause it while you fetch your O2 bottle so that you do not turn blue. I will leave it up to proper aeroplanists as to whether or not this is good flying instruction. However, as a former unit Safety Officer, spotting safety hazards can be a real sport. I t…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    4/2/2026

    7/10

    I remember this was always on STV when I was a child, and so with all the adverts it ran to over three hours and so I’m not sure I’ve ever got to the end of it until now. Now that I have, I found it quite an enjoyable romp in the style of David’s Niven’s “Around the World…” from 1956. “Lord Rawnsley” (Robert Morley) is worried that British preeminence in the aviation race might, well, not actually exist. With French,…

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