Air America poster
Director Roger Spottiswoode
Screenplay Richard Rush, John Eskow

Air America

Tagline: The few. The proud. The totally insane.

Release Date: 1990-08-10

Duration: 112 minutes

Synopsis

Air America was the CIA's private airline operating in Laos during the Vietnam War, running anything and everything from soldiers to foodstuffs for local villagers. After losing his pilot's license, Billy Covington is recruited, and ends up in the middle of a bunch of lunatic pilots, gun-running by his friend Gene Ryack, and opium smuggling by his own superiors.

Casting

  • Robert Downey Jr.
    Billy Covington
  • Mel Gibson
    Gene Ryack
  • Nancy Travis
    Corinne Landreaux
  • Burt Kwouk
    General Lu Soong
  • Harvey Jason
    Nino
  • Ken Jenkins
    Major Donald Lemond
  • Sinjai Plengpanich
    May Ling
  • David Bowe
    Saunders
  • Lane Smith
    Senator Davenport
  • Tim Thomerson
    Babo