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Title: Aces High (1976)
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Cast
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| Malcolm McDowell | ... | ||
| Christopher Plummer | ... |
Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair
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| Simon Ward | ... |
Lt. Crawford
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| Peter Firth | ... |
Lt. Stephen Croft
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David Wood | ... |
Lt. 'Tommy' Thompson
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| John Gielgud | ... |
Headmaster
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| Trevor Howard | ... |
Lieutenant Colonel Silkin
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| Richard Johnson | ... |
Major Lyle
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| Ray Milland | ... |
Brigadier General Whale
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Christopher Blake | ... |
Lieutenant Roberts
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Gilles Béhat | ... |
Captain Beckenauer
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Elliott Cooper | ... |
Lieutenant Wade
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David Daker | ... |
Mess Corporal Bennett
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Barry Jackson | ... |
Corporal Albert Joyce
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Jacques Maury | ... |
Ponnelle
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Storyline
A naive young officer straight from school arrives on the Western front to fight the air war against the Germans. However, the life expectancy of green pilots is not very good. Written by Orde Saunders <ODS101@York.ac.uk>
Plot Keywords:
pilot | airplane on fire | german soldier | airplane crash | british soldier |Taglines:
High above the trenches 14 days is a long life...This is the 15th day!Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
December 1977 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Helvetet i skyn See more »Company Credits
Production Co:
Cine Artists Pictures, Les Productions Jacques Roitfeld, S. Benjamin Fisz Productions See more »
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Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1
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(uncredited)
Written by Ivor Novello and Lena Guilbert Ford
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The melody to the song, "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows", is heard. It is unlikely to be this song which was not published until 1917. The melody is based on "Fantaisie-Impromptu" by Frédéric Chopin and it is likely to be this that is heard, though most people would think of the first song. See more »Goofs
Sinclair informs Croft that Gresham uses a Nieuport "that he swears by", but every time we see Gresham aloft he is flying an SE5 like the rest of the squadron. See more »Quotes
Mess Corporal Bennett: [as the pilots set off early in the morning on a dangerous mission] How many for breakfast? Any of them?See more »
Soundtracks
"Till The Boys Come Home"(uncredited)
Written by Ivor Novello and Lena Guilbert Ford
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I was among the Eton College boys filmed when the headmaster (Sir John Gielgud) introduced Gresham (Malcom McDowell) to the boys. There must be many of us out there. It was filmed on a school holiday, and we were given the choice of an excursion or taking part in the film. I seem to remember that we were not terribly well behaved, but the director eventually sorted us out. We were thoroughly amused when the make-up artists re-arranged the hair of some of the boys. We each got £10, which was quite a lot for a schoolboy in 1976! Sir John was gracious enough to give me his autograph when I knocked on the door of his caravan between lessons. I also got Malcolm McDowell's. I think this was when they were filming the romantic bit at the beginning, because he persuaded me to get hers as well! I am sure that all of us who were there still feel very privileged to have been associated with such a great film. It was of course based on the classic WW1 play, 'Journey's End'.