| Release Date: |
Jan 1976 |
| Genre: |
War / Drama / Action |
| Awards: |
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.
Another 1 win
&
1 nomination |
| Cast: |
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), Christopher Blake (Lieutenant Roberts), Gilles Béhat (Captain Beckenauer (as Gilles Behat)), Elliott Cooper (Lieutenant Wade), David Daker (Mess Corporal Bennett), Barry Jackson (Corporal Albert Joyce), Jacques Maury (Ponnelle), Ron Pember (Lance Corporal Eliot), Tim Pigott-Smith (Major Stoppard), Jeanne Patou (French Singer), Pascale Christophe (Croft's Girl Friend), John Serret (French Colonel), Gerard Paquis (French Officer), Jean Driant (Corporal - Dressing Station), Judy Buxton (French Girl), Tricia Newby (French Girl), Penny Irving (French Girl), Roland Viner (Officer), Steven Pacey (Officer), Kim Lotis (Officer), Colin Rix (Sergeant), James Walsh (Gresham's Batman), Jane Anthony (Katherine Croft), Evelyn Cordeau (French Girl), Paul Henley (Replacement), Paul Rosebury (Replacement), David Arnold (Replacement), James Cormack (School Captain) |
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.
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