

15/12/1965
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.

James Stewart
as Frank Towns

Richard Attenborough
as Lew Moran

Peter Finch
as Captain Harris

Hardy Krüger
as Heinrich Dorfmann

Ernest Borgnine
as Trucker Cobb

Ian Bannen
as Crow

Ronald Fraser
as Sergeant Watson

Christian Marquand
as Dr. Renaud

Dan Duryea
as Standish

George Kennedy
as Bellamy

Gabriele Tinti
as Gabriel

Alex Montoya
as Carlos

Peter Bravos
as Tasso

William Aldrich
as Bill

Barrie Chase
as Farida

Stanley Ralph Ross
as Arab Singer (voice) (uncredited)
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