America Movie

Movie: Aces High (1976)

• Director: Jack Gold
• Release Date: December 1977 (USA)
• Writers: Howard Barker (screenplay) R.C. Sherriff (play)  
• Run Time: 114 min
• Country: UK
• Genre: War , Drama , Action  

Trivia: The scene with the balloon observer jumping out with a parachute is reused footage from The Blue Max (1966)
 

Goofs: Continuity: Sinclair informs Croft that Gresham uses a Nieuport “that he swears by”, but every time we see Gresham aloft he is flying an SE5 like the rest of the squadron.
 

“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>”