The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
"Theirs was the triumph - yours, the excitement!"
ThumbScore
👍 83%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 83%
(RT: 83%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Peter Finch as Captain Harris
Hardy Krüger as Heinrich Dorfmann
Ronald Fraser as Sergeant Watson
Christian Marquand as Dr. Renaud
Is The Flight of the Phoenix good?
Most people think so. 83% audience score, estimated from 391 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 83%.
Overview
A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for a replacement aircraft they need to build before their food and water run out. Wikipedia ↗
