

In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across the English Channel. But one of the participants, Percy, plots to sabotage his competitor's planes. Will Percy triumph?

Stuart Whitman
Orvil Newton

Sarah Miles
Patricia Rawnsley

James Fox
Richard Mays

Alberto Sordi
Count Emilio Ponticelli

Robert Morley
Lord Rawnsley

Gert Fröbe
Colonel Manfred von Holstein

Jean-Pierre Cassel
Pierre Dubois

Eric Sykes
Courtney

Red Skelton
The Neanderthal Man

Terry-Thomas
Sir Percy Ware-Armitage