Rent Aces High (1976)

Name: Aces High
Rating: 3.4

3.4 of 5 from 72 ratings

1h 49min

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The young pilots of the First World War we idolised as glamorous, devil-may-care aces, but Gresham, commanding officer of the squadron, lives with the reality and knows it is very different. Young, bare and a true patriot, but exhausted and old before his time, he greets each batch of eager recruits with quiet despair, knowing their families are unlikely to see them again. When the latest arrival turns out to be young Croft, fresh from his old public school, the strain threatens to become wellnigh intolerable...
A moving story of comradeship and bravery, loneliness and fear, from award-winning director Jack Gold and producer Benjamin Fisz, ACES HIGH contains some of the most magnificent aerial battles ever stages.
Actors:: Malcolm McDowell, Christopher Plummer, Simon Ward, Peter Firth, David Wood, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, Richard Johnson, Ray Milland, Christopher Blake, Gilles Béhat, Elliott Cooper, David Daker, Barry Jackson, Jacques Maury, Ron Pember, Tim Pigott-Smith, Jeanne Patou, Pascale Christophe, John Serret
Directors:: Jack Gold
Writers:: Howard Barker, RC Sherriff
Others:: Gerry Fisher, Peter Allwork
Studio:: Optimum
Genres:: Action & Adventure, Drama
Collections:: Cinema and the First World War, Top 10 Films About Planes and Pilots