The Flight of the Phoenix (1965 film) The Flight of the Phoenix (1965 film) The Flight of the Phoenix is a 1965 American drama film starring James Stewart, produced and directed by Robert Aldrich, and based on the 1964 novel "The Flight of the Phoenix" by Elleston Trevor. The story describes a small group of men struggling to survive their aircraft's emergency landing in the Sahara Desert, and stars Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Krüger and Ernest Borgnine. The ensemble cast includes Ian Bannen, Ronald Fraser, Christian Marquand, Dan Duryea and George Kennedy as other passengers on the aircraft. Though the film was a failure at the
36 Hours (1965 film) roles." Banner's role, which provided the comedy relief in "36 Hours", was the role model for his easy-going German soldier, POW camp guard Sgt. Hans Schultz, in the TV series "Hogan's Heroes" (1965–71). Coincidentally, Sig Ruman played POW camp guard Sgt. Schultz in the William Holden feature film "Stalag 17" (1953). The film was remade as a 1989 TV movie, "Breaking Point", starring Corbin Bernsen. 36 Hours (1965 film) 36 Hours is a 1965 American suspense film, based on the short story "Beware of the Dog" by Roald Dahl. The picture stars James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, and Rod Taylor