Reception
Although seen as a quasi-historical account, critics decried what some considered an intrusive theme tying a World War I wartime backdrop into the "modern lesson of the evils of the military-industrial complex." Although the music and the flying scenes were considered the film's redemption, some aviation observers cringed at what they thought was Peppard's wooden characterization of a combat pilot.
Director Peter Jackson lists the film as one of the six top World War I movies.
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