Air America (1990)
The few. The proud. The totally insane.
113 min
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.
- Release date
- August 10, 1990
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $35,000,000
- Box office
- $57,661,269
Trailer
Cast
- Mel Gibson as Gene
- Robert Downey Jr. as Billy
- 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
Crew
- Roger Spottiswoode · Director
- Christopher Robbins · Writer
- John Eskow · Writer
- Richard Rush · Writer
- Daniel Melnick · Producer
- Charles Gross · Composer
- Roger Deakins · Cinematographer
- John Bloom · Editor
- Lois Freeman-Fox · Editor
- Janet Hirshenson · Casting director
- Jane Jenkins · Casting director
- Allan Cameron · Production designer