Film

Air America

1990 · 1h 52m · Action · Adventure · Comedy

The few. The proud. The totally insane.

IMDb

5.8

Rotten Tomatoes

12%

Metacritic

33

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.

Mel Gibson

Gene Ryack

Robert Downey Jr.

Billy Covington

Nancy Travis

Corinne Landreaux

Ken Jenkins

Major Donald Lemond

David Marshall Grant

Rob Diehl

Lane Smith

Senator Davenport

Art LaFleur

Jack Neely

Ned Eisenberg

Pirelli

Marshall Bell

O.V.

David Bowe

Saunders

Burt Kwouk

General Lu Soong

Tim Thomerson

Babo

Harvey Jason

Nino

Natta Nantatanti

Gene's Daughter

Purin Panichpan

Gene's Son

Yanee Tramoth

Gene's Brother-in-law

• Roger SpottiswoodeDirector
• Richard RushScreenplay
• John EskowScreenplay
• Christopher RobbinsNovel
• Daniel MelnickProducer
• Jon JashniProducer
• Mario KassarExecutive Producer
• Andrew G. VajnaExecutive Producer
• Roger DeakinsDirector of Photography
• Charles GrossOriginal Music Composer

Official 4K Restoration TrailerAir America TrailerOfficial Trailer

Release date

August 10, 1990

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

R

Budget

$35,000,000

Revenue

$57,661,269

Genres

Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama

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