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Air America (1990)

Air America (1990)

R 112 minutes EN Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama
The few. The proud. The totally insane.
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.
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Mel Gibson
Gene Ryack
Robert Downey Jr.
Billy Covington
Nancy Travis
Corinne Landreaux
Ken Jenkins
Major Donald Lemond
Lane Smith
Senator Davenport
Art LaFleur
Jack Neely
David Bowe
Saunders
Burt Kwouk
General Lu Soong

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Production Design
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Executive Producer
Production companies: IndieProd Company Productions, Carolco Pictures
Production countries: United States of America
Budget: $35,000,000
Revenue: $57,661,269

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