Air America (1990)

08/10/1990 (US) • 1h 52m

Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama

The few. The proud. The totally insane.

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.

Top Billed Cast

Mel Gibson

Gene Ryack

Robert Downey Jr.

Billy Covington

Nancy Travis

Corinne Landreaux

Ken Jenkins

Major Donald Lemond

Lane Smith

Senator Davenport

Art LaFleur

Jack Neely


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$35,000,000.00

Revenue

$57,661,269.00

Keywords

vietnam war

central intelligence agency (cia)

airplane

drug smuggling

refugee camp

pilot

laos

drugs

1960s

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