The Blue Max
Year:
1966
Production Country:
Great Britain
A man seconded the German Flying Corps, achieves his coveted aim of winning the Blue max, the premier award to airmen, but his enemies send him to his death in a faulty plane.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Bruno Stachel George Peppard
- Count von Klugermann James Mason
- Countess Kaeti Ursula Andress
- Willi von Klugermann Jeremy Kemp
- Otto Heidemann Karl-Michael Vogler
- Holbach Anton Diffring
- Kettering Harry Towb
- Rupp Peter Woodthorpe
- Ziegel Derek Newark
- Fabian Derren Nesbitt
- Elfi Heidemann Loni von Friedl
- Field Marshal von Lenndorf Friedrich Ledebur
- Baron von Richthofen Carl Schell
- Hans, elderly servant Hugo Schuster
- the orator Alex Scott
- the crown prince Roger Ostime
- pilot Ray Browne
- pilot Tim Parkes
- pilot Ian Kingsley
- [.] Michael O'farrell
- [dubbed voice of Countess Kaeti] Nikki van der Zyl
Credits
Direction
- Directed by John Guillermin
- Aerial Unit Directed by Anthony Squire
- Assistant Director Jack Causey
- Assistant Director (2nd Unit) Derek Cracknell
- Continuity Helen Whitson
Production
- Production Company Twentieth Century-Fox Productions Ltd
- Executive Producer Elmo Williams
- Produced by Christian Ferry
- Production Manager René Dupont
- Irish Production Liaison William O'kelly
- Studio Ardmore Studios
Casting
- Casting Director Stuart Lyons
Writing
- Screenplay by David Pursall
- Screenplay by Jack Seddon
- Screenplay by Gerald Hanley
- Adaptation by Ben Barzman
- Adaptation by Basilio Franchina
- Based on the novel by Jack Hunter
Photography
- Director of Photography Douglas Slocombe
- [Camera Operator (2nd Unit)] Ginger Gemmell
- [Aerial Photography] Skeets Kelly
- Camera Operator Chic Waterson
- [Focus Puller (2nd Unit)] Mike Fox
Special Effects
- Special Effects by Karl Baumgartner
- Special Effects by Maurice Ayers
- Special Effects by Ron Ballanger
Editing
- Edited by Max Benedict
- Assistant Editor Liz Thoyts
- Assembly Cutter Norman Cohen
Design
- Production Designed by Wilfrid Shingleton
- Art Director Fred Carter
Costumes
- Wardrobe Supervisor Elsa Fennell
- Miss Andress' Wardrobe Created by John Furness
Make-up
- Head Make-up Charles Parker
- Ursula Andress' Make-up John O'gorman
- George Peppard's Make-up Tony Sforzini
- Hairdresser Pat McDermott
Music
- Music Composed and Conducted by Jerry Goldsmith
Sound
- Sound Claude Hitchcock
- Sound John Cox
- Sound Bob Jones
- Sound Editor Chris Greenham
Stunts
- Air Supervisor Allen Wheeler
- Air Engineer Johnny Maher
- The Flyer Derek Pigott
- The Flyer Ken Byrnes
- The Flyer Tim Clutterbuck
- The Flyer Pat Cranfield
- The Flyer Tim Healey
- The Flyer Peter Hillwood
- The Flyer Joan Hughes
- The Flyer Darby Kennedy
- The Flyer Roger Kennedy
- The Flyer Liam Mulligan
- The Flyer Taffy Rich
- Helicopter Pilot Gilbert Chomat