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Feature film — 1997

Con Air (1997)

6.81h 56mAction — Thriller — Crime

Newly-paroled former US Army ranger Cameron Poe is headed back to his wife, but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed "Jailbird" taking the “worst of the worst” prisoners, a group described as “pure predators”, to a new super-prison. Poe faces impossible odds when the transport plane is skyjacked mid-flight by the most vicious criminals in the country led by the mastermind — genius serial killer Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom, and backed by black militant Diamond Dog and psychopath Billy Bedlam.

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A high-signal pick with 4,927 votes.

Touchstone Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer Films

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Director: Simon West

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Cast & crew

Nicolas Cage as Cameron Poe

Nicolas Cage

Cameron Poe

John Cusack as Agent Vince Larkin

John Cusack

Agent Vince Larkin

John Malkovich as Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom

John Malkovich

Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom

Ving Rhames as Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jones

Ving Rhames

Nathan "Diamond Dog" Jones

Mykelti Williamson as "Baby-O" O'Dell

Mykelti Williamson

"Baby-O" O'Dell

Dave Chappelle as "Pinball" Parker

Dave Chappelle

"Pinball" Parker

Colm Meaney as Agent Duncan Malloy

Colm Meaney

Agent Duncan Malloy

Monica Potter as Tricia Poe

Monica Potter

Tricia Poe

Landry Allbright as Casey Poe

Landry Allbright

Casey Poe

Rachel Ticotin as Guard Sally Bishop

Rachel Ticotin

Guard Sally Bishop

Steve Buscemi as Garland Greene - "The Marietta Mangler"

Steve Buscemi

Garland Greene - "The Marietta Mangler"

Nick Chinlund as William "Billy Bedlam" Bedford

Nick Chinlund

William "Billy Bedlam" Bedford

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