The people here could die for lack of water, and you took it?

The Flight of the Phoenix has to be one of my favorite movies. It has an all star cast including James Stewart,Richard Attenbough,Ernest Borgine,Peter Finch and George Kennedy to name a few. These men and 7 others must fight to survive. Two of the men one of who is the directors son William Aldrich are killed when the cargo crushes them. With very little water they must rebuild a new plane out of the old one.But after being warned several times  about not going out into desert by Jimmy Stewart 3 men Finch,Borgnine and Alex Montoya go out. Only Finch returns.The other two die from lack of water. then as the film goes on three more die including a man wounded in the crash.

One thing I noticed was that they had a tribute To The Day the Music Died because of the 7 men that died they only buried 3,the 3 whose deaths were caused by the crash. It is one of Borgine's and Stewart's best performances. I also liked the dramatic music composed and conducted by De Vol who conducted some of Aldrich's other films such as the Dirty Dozen. I also really loved the main title it is very dramatic. This would be the start of George Kennedy's long career with planes starring in all 4 Airport movies and later a small role in The Delta Force. Stewart also starred in other airplane films such as  Strategic Air Command and The Spirit of St. Louis. But later on during the filming Stuntman Paul Mantz and one other flier were testing the plane when it crashed. The  crash would kill Mantz. This would have to be my favorite airplane movie.