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Aces High: Directed by Jack Gold. With Malcolm McDowell, Christopher Plummer, Simon Ward, Peter Firth. In World War I, the high casualty rate amongst the rookie pilots of the Royal Flying Corps puts an enormous strain on the survivors.
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In World War I, the high casualty rate amongst the rookie pilots of the Royal Flying Corps puts an enormous strain on the survivors. A naive young officer straight from school arrives on the Western front to fight the air war against the Germans.
"Aces High" (1976) came out a decade after the exceptional "The Blue Max" (1966) with the former addressing British pilots and the latter Germans. While "Blue Max" is all-around superior and more epic, "Aces High" ain't no slouch. It successfully brings you back in time to see what it was like for men in the brand new profession of fighter ...
Aces High: Directed by Jack Gold. With Malcolm McDowell, Christopher Plummer, Simon Ward, Peter Firth. In World War I, the high casualty rate amongst the rookie pilots of the Royal Flying Corps puts an enormous strain on the survivors.
Music by Vincent Scotto. French lyrics by Jean Rodor. English lyrics by Dorcas Cochran. Till The Boys Come Home. (uncredited) Written by Ivor Novello and Lena Guilbert Ford. Roses of Picardy. (uncredited) Written by Haydn Wood and Frederick Edward Weatherly.
This movie is an adaptation of the play "Journey's End" by R.C. Sherriff, written just after World War I. The setting is transplanted from the trenches to an airfield, but most of the characters and some incidents are almost unchanged.
Ace High: Directed by Giuseppe Colizzi. With Eli Wallach, Terence Hill, Brock Peters, Kevin McCarthy. A Greek bandit forms an unlikely alliance with two bounty hunters and an acrobat to take his revenge on the people who framed him.
Aces, a card magician and mob nabob, turns federal stoolie and a dying Godfather posts a high dollar contract on him. Naturally every photogenic hit-man with the weekend free descends upon Ace's casino penthouse to do the job and collect the dough.
Aces High (1976) - Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
