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 GibsonGene Ryack
- Nancy TravisCorinne Landreaux
- Burt KwoukGeneral Lu Soong
- Harvey JasonNino
- Ken JenkinsMajor Donald Lemond
- Sinjai PlengpanichMay Ling
- David BoweSaunders
- Lane SmithSenator Davenport
- Tim ThomersonBabo
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