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1990 • 1h 52min • R • Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Air America

"The few. The proud. The totally insane."

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.

IMDb 5.8

RT 13%

MC 33

Director

Roger Spottiswoode

Writers

Christopher Robbins

Richard Rush

John Eskow

Composer

Charles Gross

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Mel Gibson

Gene Ryack

Robert Downey Jr.

Billy Covington

Nancy Travis

Corinne Landreaux

Ken Jenkins

Major Donald Lemond

David Marshall Grant

Rob Diehl

Lane Smith

Senator Davenport

Art LaFleur

Jack Neely

Ned Eisenberg

Pirelli

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Nancy Travis Corinne Landreaux

Ken Jenkins Major Donald Lemond

David Marshall Grant Rob Diehl

Lane Smith Senator Davenport

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Ned Eisenberg Pirelli

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Natta Nantatanti Gene's Daughter

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