An Ace in the Highlands (film)

An Ace in the Highlands is a 1969 American musical comedy film adapted from the 1965 Howard Vickle musical of the same name. Co-written by Vickle and Nicholas Hyams and directed by Carl Andy, the film depicts an American baseball pitcher who inherits a mansion in the Scottish highlands all while meeting its quirky inhabitants and dealing with culture shock along the way.
The film stars Michael Douglas as Joey Pitcher and Peter Sellers as various roles, most notably the head guard Gerald MacMilligan along with Patrick Troughton, Tiffany Freeda and Jean Paul Belmondo in supporting roles. Anticipated to be Warner Bros.' big release of 1969, the film became a critical and financial flop and would cause director Andy to go in a brief state of depression before going back to filmmaking with Wit of the Soul in 1971. The film would remain unavailable for some time as ABC owned the film it wouldn't be seen widely it again until 1999 when Miramax Films released a restoration by James C. Katz and Robert A. Harris. Critical reception has improved in the years since with many calling it a musical comic gem.
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The film saw it's DVD debut in 2000 through Anchor Bay Entertainment under license from ABC, followed by a 2004 version from MGM. Kino Lorber would release a Blu-ray in 2019.
Category:1969 films
Category:1969 comedy films
Category:1969 musical comedy films
Category:1960s American films
Category:1960s English-language films
Category:Films about culture clash
Category:Films based on musicals
Category:Films directed by Carl Andy
Category:Films scored by Ray Heindorf
Category:Films set in Scotland
Category:Films shot in Los Angeles, California
Category:Films with screenplays by Howard Vickle
Category:American Broadcasting Company films
Category:Warner Bros. films