Air America
movie
The few. The proud. The totally insane.
Released August 10, 1990
Overview
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.
Cast
Mel Gibson
as
Gene Ryack
Robert Downey Jr.
as
Billy Covington
Nancy Travis
as
Corinne Landreaux
Ken Jenkins
as
Major Donald Lemond
David Marshall Grant
as
Rob Diehl
Lane Smith
as
Senator Davenport
Art LaFleur
as
Jack Neely
Ned Eisenberg
as
Pirelli
Marshall Bell
as
O.V.
David Bowe
as
Saunders
Burt Kwouk
as
General Lu Soong
Tim Thomerson
as
Babo
Crew
Roger Spottiswoode
as
Director
Richard Rush
as
Screenplay
Charles Gross
as
Original Music Composer
Roger Deakins
as
Director of Photography
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John Bloom
as
Editor
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Christopher Robbins
as
Novel
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John Eskow
as
Screenplay
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Daniel Melnick
as
Producer
Jon Jashni
as
Producer
Mario Kassar
as
Executive Producer
Andrew G. Vajna
as
Executive Producer
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Michael J. Kagan
as
Line Producer