Aces High is a 1976 English-language Action Drama film directed by Jack Gold and produced by Benjamin Fisz and Jacques Roitfeld under the banner of S. Benjamin Fisz Productions in collaboration with Jacques Roitfeld. Many characters and plot lines are loosely based on those of Journey's End: the idealistic new officer who is killed at the end, and whose sister is the girlfriend of his tough but alcoholic commanding officer, the kindly middle-aged second-in-command who is killed on a dangerous intelligence-gathering mission ordered by the top brass, and the officer whose claims of neuralgia are taken to be cowardice. Aces high features Malcolm Mcdowell, Christopher Plummer, Simon Ward, Peter Firth, David Wood, John Gielgud and Victor Harrington. The screenplay is written by Howard Barker which is inspired from Journey's End by R. C. Sherriff. The music was composed by Richard Hartley along with Charles Chilton. Cinematography was done by Gerry Fisher and editing by Anne V. Coates. The movie has a running time of 114 minutes. It was released on 18th May 1976. Aces High was made on a budget of £1 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by EMI Films. Many characters and plot lines are loosely based on those of Journey's End: the idealistic new officer who is killed at the end, and whose sister is the girlfriend of his tough but alcoholic commanding officer, the kindly middle-aged second-in-command who is killed on a dangerous intelligence-gathering mission ordered by the top brass, and the officer whose claims of neuralgia are taken to be cowardice.