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Aces High

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

5.9(90)19761h 54m2

The first World War is in its third year and aerial combat above the Western Front is consuming the nation's favored children at an appalling rate. By early 1917, the average life-span of a British pilot is less than a fortnight. Such losses place a fearsome strain on Gresham, commanding officer of the squadron. Aces High recreates the early days of the Royal Flying Corps with some magnificently staged aerial battles, and sensitive direction presents a moving portrayal of the futilities of war.

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Status
Released
Budget
$1.3M
Box office
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Language
German
  • post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
  • world war i
  • pilot
  • royal flying corps (rfc)
  • dogfight
  • squadron
  • air battle
  • flying ace
  • horrors of war
  • western front
  • 1910s
  • fear of death

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Jack Gold

Produced in

France, United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG10 Dec 1977
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalPG19 May 1976
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1229 Sept 1976

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Aces High was released on 19 May 1976.

Audience reviews

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  • W

    Wuchak

    11/28/2019

    7/10

    ***What was it like to be a fighter pilot in WW1?*** An inexperienced young Brit straight from the academy (Peter Firth) arrives on the Western front in northern France to assist in the air war against the Germans during WW1. One week in the lives of the pilots of a Royal Flying Corps squadron is chronicled as they struggle with the stresses & risks intrinsic to their profession. Malcolm McDowell plays the Major…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    10/26/2022

    7/10

    Perhaps because many of the cast here all look so very young, this film has an extra potency as a depiction of some of the inexperienced fliers who fought in the Great War. It all centres around the young "Crawford" (Simon Ward) who joins a squadron commanded by "Gresham" (Malcolm McDowell) and his adjutant "Sinclair" (Christopher Plummer). Green in the extreme, he finds himself fighting for his life every time he is…

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