Overview - Air America

Date of release

Genres

  • Action
  • Adventure
  • Comedy
  • Drama

Runtime: 112 minutes

Homepage: Air America

Budget

$35,000,000.00

Revenue

$57,661,269.00

Spoken Languages

  • English

Production companies

  • Name: IndieProd Company Productions

    Production country United States of America

  • Name: Carolco Pictures

    Production country United States of America

Overview

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

  • Name: Mel Gibson

    Character: Gene Ryack

    Popularity: 8.7296

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  • Name: Robert Downey Jr.

    Character: Billy Covington

    Popularity: 10.8007

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  • Name: Nancy Travis

    Character: Corinne Landreaux

    Popularity: 5.3863

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  • Name: Ken Jenkins

    Character: Major Donald Lemond

    Popularity: 0.6232

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  • Name: David Marshall Grant

    Character: Rob Diehl

    Popularity: 0.3104

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  • Name: Lane Smith

    Character: Senator Davenport

    Popularity: 5.3074

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  • Name: Art LaFleur

    Character: Jack Neely

    Popularity: 1.261

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  • Name: Ned Eisenberg

    Character: Pirelli

    Popularity: 0.2319

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