Air America
- Released on
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
•- Runtime
- 112 mins
(580 votes)
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.
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.
Cast
- Mel Gibson
- Robert Downey Jr.
- Nancy Travis
- Ken Jenkins
- David Marshall Grant
- Lane Smith
- Art LaFleur
- Ned Eisenberg
- Marshall Bell
- David Bowe
- Burt Kwouk
- Tim Thomerson
- Harvey Jason
- Natta Nantatanti
- Purin Panichpan
- Yanee Tramoth
- Ernie Lively
- Burke Byrnes
- Michael Dudikoff
- Sinjai Plengpanich
- Wasan Uttamayothin
Director
- Roger Spottiswoode
Producers
- Daniel Melnick
- Jon Jashni
Screenwriter
- Richard Rush
- John Eskow
