"...or: How I flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes". In 1910, newspaper mogul Lord Rawnsley decided 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. starring Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox, Alberto Sordi, Robert Morley, Gert Frobe, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Irina Demick - playing six different roles, Eric Sykes, and Terry-Thomas... Special guest star: Red Skelton. Ken Annakin directs from the script by Jack Davies & Annakin. Produced by Stan Margulies. a Ken Annakin production for Twentieth Century Fox.