Aces High (1976)
May 19, 1976Release Date
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Malcolm McDowell
Maj. John Gresham
Christopher Plummer
Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair
Simon Ward
Lt. Crawford
Peter Firth
Lt. Stephen Croft
David Wood
Lt. 'Tommy' Thompson
John Gielgud
Headmaster
Trevor Howard
Lieutenant Colonel Silkin
Richard Johnson
Major Lyle
Ray Milland
Brigadier General Whale
Gilles Béhat
Captain Beckenauer
Tim Pigott-Smith
Major Stoppard
David Daker
Bennett
Christopher Blake
Lieutenant Roberts
R.C. Sherriff
Writer
Barry Jackson
Joyce
Ron Pember
Eliot
Cecil Lewis
Writer
Jacques Maury
Ponnelle
Pascale Christophe
Croft's French Girlfriend
Judy Buxton
French Girl
Penny Irving
French Girl
Tricia Newby
French Girl
Evelyn Cordeau
French Girl
Jeanne Patou
French Singer
John Serret
French Colonel
Gerard Paquis
French Officer
Jean Driant
Corporal - Dressing Station
Elliott Cooper
Wade
Roland Viner
Officer
Steven Pacey
Officer
Kim Lotis
Officer
Colin Rix
Sergeant
James Walsh
Gresham's Batman
Jane Anthony
Katherine
Paul Rosebury
Replacement
Paul Henley
Replacement
David Arnold
Replacement
James Cormack
School Captain
Benjamin Fisz
Producer
Jack Gold
Director
Howard Barker
Writer
Richard Hartley
Music
Maude Spector
Casting
Gerry Fisher
Director of Photography
Syd Cain
Production Design
Anne V. Coates
Editor
Maurice Cain
Art Direction / Assistant Art Director
Derek Meddings
Special Effects
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 19, 1976
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 54m
Content RatingPG
Budget$1,250,000
Genres
Wiki.
Aces High is a 1976 war film starring Malcolm McDowell, Peter Firth, Christopher Plummer and Simon Ward. The film, which is an Anglo-French production, is based on the 1928 play Journey's End by R. C. Sherriff with additional material from the memoir Sagittarius Rising by Cecil Lewis. It was directed by Jack Gold. The screenplay was written by Howard Barker.
Aces High turns the trench warfare of Journey's End into the aerial battles fought above the Western Front by the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) in 1917. The film covers a week of a squadron where the high death rate puts an enormous strain on the surviving pilots. Many characters and plot lines are loosely based on those of Journey's End: the idealistic new officer who is killed at the end, and whose sister is the girlfriend of his tough but alcoholic commanding officer, the kindly middle-aged second-in-command (known as "Uncle" by the younger officers) who is killed on a dangerous intelligence-gathering mission ordered by the top brass, and the officer whose claims of neuralgia are taken to be cowardice.