High Flight (film)
High Flight is a 1957, CinemaScope, British, cold war film, directed by John Gilling and featuring Ray Milland, Bernard Lee and Leslie Phillips. High Flight was filmed with the co-operation of the Royal Air Force (RAF). The title of the film was derived from the poem of the same title by Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee Jr., an American aviator who flew for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and lost his life in 1941 over RAF Cranwell, where much of the film was shot.
| High Flight | |
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| Directed by | John Gilling |
| Screenplay by | Ken Hughes Joseph Landon John Gilling Jack Davies (story) |
| Produced by | Irving Allen Albert R. Broccoli Phil C. Samuel |
| Starring | Ray Milland Kenneth Haigh Anthony Newley Bernard Lee |
| Cinematography | Ted Moore |
| Edited by | Jack Slade |
| Music by | Douglas Gamley Eric Coates (High Flight March) Kenneth V. Jones Walford Davies (composer) Anthony Newley (composer) |
Production company | Warwick Films |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date | 12 September 1957 (World Premiere) |
Running time | 89 minutes colour (Europe) 86 minutes black and white (US) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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