MOVIE · 1965

The Flight of the Phoenix

ActionAdventureDrama142 min

After an aircraft makes an emergency landing in the Sahara, the survivors are left with little water, blistering heat, and no clear way out. The men come from different backgrounds and carry different ideas about who should take charge, and the desert quickly turns those disagreements into a threat of its own. As supplies dwindle and rescue seems less likely, they face a brutal choice: wait and weaken, or attempt something desperate with the wreckage around them. James Stewart and Richard Attenborough are part of an ensemble locked in a fight against exhaustion, mistrust, and the vast emptiness closing in on every side.