Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973)

"The story of Ace Eli when planes were young and the world was innocent except for Aces son Rodger Rodger of the Skies"
Audience Score
47
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
The story of Ace Eli Walford a 1920s stunt flyer who barnstorms around the country taking his elevenyearold son Rodger with him as he goes from town to town The place is rural Kansas and the time is midsummer in the early nineteentwenties not long after World War I Eli Cliff Robertson a barn storming pilot who has the emotional makeup of an 11yearold and Rodger Eric Shea his 11yearold son who possesses the wisdom of the ancients set off to see the world which means flying all the way to San Willow To Eli San Willow seems to be as fabled as Xanadu and quite as remote In essence Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies is about the adventures of Rodger and Eli getting from nowhere to nowhere Eli a killer with the ladies at first always leaves them unsatisfied He seems to have a sex problem Rodger spends a lot of his time getting his dad out of scrapes He also drinks smokes and goes to sleep at night crying for his deceased mom

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:March 31st, 1973
Original Language:English
Production Companies:20th Century Fox
Movie Tags:pilot, 1920s