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The Blue Max is a British film of genre Drama directed by John Guillermin released in USA on 21 june 1966 with George Peppard
The Blue Max (1966)
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Add to a movie listThe Blue Max is a 1966 British war film in DeLuxe Color and filmed in CinemaScope, about a German fighter pilot on the Western Front during World War I. It was directed by John Guillermin, stars George Peppard, James Mason and Ursula Andress, and features Karl Michael Vogler and Jeremy Kemp. The screenplay was written by David Pursall, Jack Seddon, and Gerald Hanley, based on the novel of the same name by Jack D. Hunter as adapted by Ben Barzman and Basilio Franchina.
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German Corporal Bruno Stachel (George Peppard) leaves the fighting in the trenches to become an officer and fighter pilot in the German Army Air Service. Joining a squadron in spring 1918, he sets his sights on winning Imperial Germany's highest military decoration for valor, the Pour le Mérite, nicknamed the "Blue Max", for which he must shoot down 20 aircraft.Actors
George Peppard
(Lt. Bruno Stachel)
James Mason
(General Count von Klugermann)
Ursula Andress
(Countess Kaeti von Klugermann)
Jeremy Kemp
(Willi von Klugermann)
Karl Michael Vogler
(Colonel Otto Heidemann)
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