Aces High

In 1917 France, a new recruit learns from his alcoholic commanding officer who is also his sisters boyfriend and ex-house captain, but tragically dies in an air-to-air collision and is later replaced. Aces High is a 1976 English-language Action Drama film featuring Malcolm Mcdowell, Christopher Plummer, Simon Ward, Peter Firth, David Wood, John Gielgud and Victor Harrington. The movie is based on Journey s End by R. C. Sherriff. S. Benjamin Fisz Productions in association with Jacques Roitfeld. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Benjamin Fisz and Jacques Roitfeld. The movie is directed by Jack Gold. EMI Films acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Aces High was released on 18th May 1976 and takes a screen time of 114 minutes. Aces High was made on a budget of £1 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Howard Barker. Cinematography was done by Gerry Fisher and editing by Anne V. Coates. The music was composed by Richard Hartley along with Charles Chilton.