Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies

The story of Ace Eli... when planes were young and the world was innocent... except for Ace's son Rodger... Rodger of the Skies.

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19731h 29m

The story of Ace Eli Walford, a 1920s stunt flyer who barnstorms around the country, taking his eleven-year-old son Rodger with him as he goes from town to town. The place is rural Kansas, and the time is midsummer in the early nineteen-twenties, not long after World War I. Eli (Cliff Robertson), a barn storming pilot who has the emotional make-up of an 11-year-old, and Rodger (Eric Shea), his 11-year-old 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.

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Cast

Photo of Cliff Robertson

Cliff Robertson

Ace Eli Walford

Photo of Eric Shea

Eric Shea

Roger Walford

Photo of Alice Ghostley

Alice Ghostley

Sister Lite

Photo of Don Keefer

Don Keefer

Mr. Parsons

Photo of Patricia Smith

Patricia Smith

Mrs. Wilma Walford

Photo of Arthur Malet

Arthur Malet

Brother Watson

Photo of Jim Boles

Jim Boles

Abraham

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