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'''''The Blue Max''''' is a [[1966]] [[1st World War]] film starring [[George Peppard]], [[James Mason]], [[Ursula Andress]] and [[Jeremy Kemp]].
'''''The Blue Max''''' is a [[1966]] [[1st World War]] film starring [[George Peppard]], [[James Mason]], [[Ursula Andress]] and [[Jeremy Kemp]]. The screenplay was written by David Pursall, Jack Seddon and Gerald Hanley, based on the novel by Jack Hunter.


==Plot==
==Plot==

Revision as of 23:18, 1 January 2005

The Blue Max is a 1966 1st World War film starring George Peppard, James Mason, Ursula Andress and Jeremy Kemp. The screenplay was written by David Pursall, Jack Seddon and Gerald Hanley, based on the novel by Jack Hunter.

Plot

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Leutenant Stachel(Peppard), an ambitious pilot who transferred to the German Air Service from the trenches, is trying to win the coveted military decoration, the Pour Le Merit, better known as the Blue Max. He will stop at nothing in his quest. First he must shoot down twenty enemy aircraft and overcome the disdain of his fellow pilots. His commanding General (Mason), at first sees the propaganda value of this junior officer. But Stachel's methods risk disciplinary action which would bring shame on the officer corps. Then he is ordered to air-test a new prototype, which is thought to be too dangerous to fly....