Aces High (1976)

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114 min - War | Drama | Action - December 1977 (USA)

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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.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	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
	Christopher Blake	...	Lieutenant Roberts
	Gilles Béhat	...	Captain Beckenauer (as Gilles Behat)
	Elliott Cooper	...	Lieutenant Wade
	David Daker	...	Mess Corporal Bennett
	Barry Jackson	...	Corporal Albert Joyce
	Jacques Maury	...	Ponnelle

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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>

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High above the trenches 14 days is a long life...This is the 15th day!

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War | Drama | Action

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Country:

UK | France

Language:

English | French (some dialogue) | German (only a few words)

Release Date:

December 1977 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

La bataille du ciel See more »

Filming Locations:

Booker Airfield, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cine Artists Pictures, Les Productions Jacques Roitfeld, S. Benjamin Fisz Productions See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

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Trivia

The red German biplane is a Finnish "Valmet Viima". It first flew in 1935. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: Croft and Sinclair fly an Avro 504 on a reconnaissance mission. They are attacked by a German fighter. When we see the Avro from the German pilots point of view, it has transformed into a Caudron Luciole, because those scenes are outtakes from "The Blue Max". 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?
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Connections

Edited into "Blackadder Goes Forth: Private Plane (#1.4)" (1989) See more »

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"Goodbye-ee"
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Written by Bert Lee and R.P. Weston See more »

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