Malcolm McDowell, Christopher Plummer, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, Ray Milland, Simon Ward, Peter Firth, David Wood, and Richard Johnson
Rated PG
The fighter pilots of the First World War were glamorized as dashing, devil-may-care aces, but Gresham, commanding officer of the squadron, lives with reality and knows that it is very different. Young, brave and a true patriot, but exhausted and old before his time, he meets 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 school, the strain threatens to become intolerable. Based on the acclaimed play Journey's End by R.C. Sherriff, Aces High tells a moving story of comradeship and courage, loneliness and fear.
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