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Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
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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.
Cast
![Cliff Robertson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8pH2RWCPtXKzT9P33MbzgnzPlF0.jpg)
Cliff Robertson
Ace Eli Walford
![Eric Shea](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//3iIHLVkGwNNFJuIPpVtnGy3pfcY.jpg)
Eric Shea
Roger Walford
![Pamela Franklin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//gNmhS5ewaND7PjuXZ5MTcut26mj.jpg)
Pamela Franklin
Shelby
![Rosemary Murphy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//iAL8QVCqlYY3icYqmLBHcg5QJIV.jpg)
Rosemary Murphy
Hannah
![Bernadette Peters](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//x2hZ6AsIAfb5t512Q72SYtdNdZf.jpg)
Bernadette Peters
Allison
![Alice Ghostley](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jXaAaXmnO0ozyot4tNnsCBk0dYZ.jpg)
Alice Ghostley
Sister Lite
![Kelly Jean Peters](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//fCmUfrbs3HlnOlWz0wY23zUoisY.jpg)
Kelly Jean Peters
Rachel
![Don Keefer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//7nNUAYB0oa54XaDkqR0AZpov5iz.jpg)
Don Keefer
Mr. Parsons
![Patricia Smith](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//dFk2zSIf8l0zcQ3hxNXteTGdn5b.jpg)
Patricia Smith
Mrs. Wilma Walford
![Royal Dano](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//nDZwO90amUQmSD5IP8l340bi0gW.jpg)
Royal Dano
Jake
![Robert Hamm](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Robert Hamm
Dumb Dickie
![Herb Gatlin](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Herb Gatlin
Frank Savage
![Arthur Malet](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//AbmKxci3EZMG2rBmFLQiUdNsySL.jpg)
Arthur Malet
Brother Watson
![Ariana Munker](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ariana Munker
Betty Jo
![Hope Summers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//7pBGzF26RfMGXhAn2pE43QdTcHv.jpg)
Hope Summers
Laura
![Jim Boles](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//9bTqhOiAuqVFLlcfwOkrvMRIViv.jpg)
Jim Boles
Abraham
![Lew Brown](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Lew Brown
Harrison
![Brent Hurst](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Brent Hurst
Mrs. Parsons
![Jan Simms](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jan Simms
Mrs. Parsons
![Rodger Peck](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Rodger Peck
Leroy
![Claudia Bryar](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//neeMERjid1VLvFdIW8W1HQU2802.jpg)
Claudia Bryar
Ann
![Jerry Ayres](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)