Air America
1990 · Movie · R · 112 min · ★ 5.8
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.
Based on Air America
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Details
- Years
- 1990
- Release date
- 1990-08-10
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 112 min
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 (665 votes)
Themes
- vietnam war
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- airplane
- drug smuggling
- refugee camp
- pilot
- laos
- drugs
- 1960s
Cast & crew
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
Directed by Roger Spottiswoode