Air America
The few. The proud. The totally insane.
5.8(672) 1990-08-10 112 minActionAdventureComedyDrama
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.
ProducerDaniel Melnick
DirectorRoger Spottiswoode
ScreenplayRichard Rush
ScreenplayJohn Eskow
Original Music ComposerCharles Gross
ProducerJon Jashni
Cast & characters
Mel Gibson
as Gene Ryack
Robert Downey Jr.
as Billy Covington
Nancy Travis
as Corinne Landreaux
Ken Jenkins
as Major Donald Lemond
David Marshall Grant
as Rob Diehl
Lane Smith
as Senator Davenport
Art LaFleur
as Jack Neely
Ned Eisenberg
as Pirelli
Marshall Bell
as O.V.
David Bowe
as Saunders
Burt Kwouk
as General Lu Soong
Tim Thomerson
as Babo
Harvey Jason
as Nino
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Natta Nantatanti
as Gene's Daughter
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Purin Panichpan
as Gene's Son
Yanee Tramoth
as Gene's Brother-in-law
Ernie Lively
as Truck Driver
Burke Byrnes
as Recruiter
Michael Dudikoff
as General Lee (uncredited)
Sinjai Plengpanich
as May Ling
Wasan Uttamayothin
as Nightclub Singer
