| Stuart Whitman | Orvil Newton |
| Sarah Miles | Patricia Rawnsley |
| James Fox | Richard Mays |
| Alberto Sordi | Count Emilio Ponticelli |
| Robert Morley | Lord Rawnsley |
| Gert Frobe | Colonel Manfred von Holstein |
| Jean-Pierre Cassel | Pierre Dubois |
| Eric Sykes | Courtney |
| Terry-Thomas | Sir Percy Ware-Armitage |
| Tony Hancock | Harry Popperwell |
| Benny Hill | Fire Chief Perkins |
| Flora Robson | Mother Superior |
| Sam Wanamaker | George Gruber |
| Gordon Jackson | MacDougal |
| John Le Mesurier | French Painter |
| Jeremy Lloyd | Lieutenant Parsons |
| Zena Marshall | Countess Sophia Ponticelli |
| Millicent Martin | Airline Hostess |
In 1910, newspaper mogul Lord Rawnsley decides to offer a large cash sum to the first pilot to successfully fly over the English Channel. Aviation experts from near and far enter the race, including the underhanded Sir Percy Ware-Armitage, wild American flyer Orvil Newton and British ace Richard Mays . Orvil and Richard come out as the front-runners, but both men are distracted by Rawnsley's lovely daughter, Patricia .
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