The Skyjacker That Got Away (2009)

07/26/2009 (US) • Documentary • 44m

He was the most wanted man in America. Now, forty years later, the FBI is finally closing in on the legendary DB Cooper.

Overview

On the eve of Thanksgiving, 1971 a man, dressed in a business suit, leaps out of the back of a commercial jet with a parachute and two hundred thousand dollars in ransom money. Now for the first time in FBI history a team of citizen sleuths, using modern forensic science, is helping unravel the mystery of D.B. Cooper.

The Skyjacker That Got Away (2009)

07/26/2009 (US) • 44m

Documentary

He was the most wanted man in America. Now, forty years later, the FBI is finally closing in on the legendary DB Cooper.

Overview

On the eve of Thanksgiving, 1971 a man, dressed in a business suit, leaps out of the back of a commercial jet with a parachute and two hundred thousand dollars in ransom money. Now for the first time in FBI history a team of citizen sleuths, using modern forensic science, is helping unravel the mystery of D.B. Cooper.

Top Billed Cast

FBI Agent

D.B. Cooper

Grant Buckerfield

FBI Agent

Realtor

Co-Pilot

Christopher Haskell

Captain William Scott

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$280.00

Revenue

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