Air America (1990)
Air America is a 1990 action movie directed by Roger Spottiswoode, with a running time of 1h 52m. It stars Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr. and Nancy Travis.
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.
Where to watch Air America
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Cast
- 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