Aces High
Aces High is a 1976 war film directed by Jack Gold, starring Malcolm McDowell, Peter Firth, Christopher Plummer and Simon Ward. An Anglo-French production, the film is based on the 1928 play Journey's End by R. C. Sherriff, with additional material from fighter ace Cecil Lewis's memoir, Sagittarius Rising. The screenplay was written by Howard Barker.
Plot
In October 1916, fighter ace John Gresham speaks to the senior class at Eton College, which includes Stephen Croft. Gresham had been his house captain at Eton and is his older sister's boyfriend. To Croft he is a hero to be emulated.
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| author | Howard Barker |
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| director | Jack Gold |
| editor | Anne V. Coates |
| genre | western |
| keywords | 2nd lt. amiens censor it chat commanding officer end eton college fighter ace fighter pilot flying ace france french woman german aircraft house captain kill luftstreitkrafte maneuver military censorship northern france older sister shoot young man |
| musicBy | Charles Chilton Richard Hartley |
| producer | Benjamin Fisz Jacques Roitfeld |
| productionCompany | Jacques Roitfeld S. Benjamin Fisz Productions |
| publisher | EMI Films |
| theme | war |