Die tollkühnen Männer in ihren fliegenden Kisten
The film is a sequel to the 1965 hit "Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines". Terry-Thomas appeared as Sir Cuthbert Ware-Armitage, the equally dastardly son of Sir Percy Ware-Armitage, whom Thomas had played in the earlier film. Some others of the cast from the first film returned, including Gert Fröbe and Eric Sykes. Like the earlier film, it was written by Ken Annakin and Jack Davies and directed by Annakin, with music by Ron Goodwin. The title tune is performed by Jimmy Durante. The credits sequence animation was the work of Ronald Searle, who was also featured in Annakin's earlier "Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines". Tony Curtis and Susan Hampshire played other contestants in the race; Curtis also starred in the similar period-piece comedy "The Great Race" (1965) from Warner Bros.