Air America (1990)
The few. The proud. The totally insane.
Starring Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr., Nancy Travis
Directed by Roger Spottiswoode
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 into it, 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.
Runtime: 112 min.
Rating: 5.6
DVD
Languages: ,English
Countries: United States of America
Genres: Action,Adventure,Comedy,Drama
Keywords: cia,refugee camp,vietnam war,pilot,drug smuggle,airplane,laos,drugs,1960s
Cast
Gene Ryack
Billy Covington
Corinne Landreaux
Major Donald Lemond
Rob Diehl
Senator Davenport
Jack Neely
Pirelli
O.V.
Saunders
General Lu Soong
Babo
Nino
Gene's Daughter
Gene's Son
Gene's Brother-in-Law
Truck Driver
Recruiter
General Lee (uncredited)
May Ling, Gene's Wife