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Feature film — 1990

Air America (1990)

5.81h 52mAction — Adventure — Comedy — Drama

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.

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A high-signal pick with 690 votes.

IndieProd Company Productions / Carolco Pictures

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Director: Roger Spottiswoode

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Cast & crew

Mel Gibson as Gene Ryack

Mel Gibson

Gene Ryack

Robert Downey Jr. as Billy Covington

Robert Downey Jr.

Billy Covington

Nancy Travis as Corinne Landreaux

Nancy Travis

Corinne Landreaux

Ken Jenkins as Major Donald Lemond

Ken Jenkins

Major Donald Lemond

David Marshall Grant as Rob Diehl

David Marshall Grant

Rob Diehl

Lane Smith as Senator Davenport

Lane Smith

Senator Davenport

Art LaFleur as Jack Neely

Art LaFleur

Jack Neely

Ned Eisenberg as Pirelli

Ned Eisenberg

Pirelli

Marshall Bell as O.V.

Marshall Bell

O.V.

David Bowe as Saunders

David Bowe

Saunders

Burt Kwouk as General Lu Soong

Burt Kwouk

General Lu Soong

Tim Thomerson as Babo

Tim Thomerson

Babo

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