Air America

Category: Movies •

Genre: Action • Adventure • Comedy • Drama •

Rating: 5.79

Director: Roger Spottiswoode,

Writer: Richard Rush (Screenplay), John Eskow (Screenplay), Christopher Robbins (Novel),

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 Plengpanit, Wasan Aoodtamayothin,

Language: en

Country: USA

Release Date: August 10, 1990

Plot: 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 into it, 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.