Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- France, United Kingdom
- Violence
- Moderate
The story
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.
- post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
- world war i
- pilot
- royal flying corps (rfc)
- dogfight
- squadron
- air battle
- flying ace
- horrors of war
- western front
The bill
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
- Gilles Béhat — Captain Beckenauer
- Tim Pigott-Smith — Major Stoppard
- David Daker — Bennett
- Christopher Blake — Lieutenant Roberts
- Barry Jackson — Joyce
- Ron Pember — Eliot
- Directed
- Jack Gold
- Written
- Howard Barker
Production
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 · 87 ratings
- Studio
- Les Productions Jacques Roitfeld, S. Benjamin Fisz Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
