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
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
Ernie Lively
Truck Driver
Burke Byrnes
Recruiter
Michael Dudikoff
General Lee (uncredited)
Sinjai Plengpanich
May Ling
Wasan Uttamayothin
Nightclub Singer
Crew
Roger Spottiswoode
Director
Richard Rush
Screenplay
John Eskow
Screenplay, Co-Producer
Christopher Robbins
Novel
John Bloom
Editor
Lois Freeman-Fox
Editor
Roger Deakins
Director of Photography
Phil Hetos
Color Timer
Albert M. Shapiro
First Assistant Director
Artist W. Robinson
Second Assistant Director
Callum McDougall
Second Assistant Director
Patsy de Lord
Production Coordinator
Mario Kassar
Executive Producer
Andrew G. Vajna
Executive Producer
Daniel Melnick
Producer
Jon Jashni
Producer
Allen Shapiro
Co-Producer
Michael J. Kagan
Line Producer
Allan Cameron
Production Design
Mike Proudfoot
Camera Operator
Gordon Hayman
Camera Operator
Fraser Taggart
Aerial Camera
Mark O'Kane
Steadicam Operator
Noori Dehnahi
Post Production Coordinator
Janet Hirshenson
Casting
Jane Jenkins
Casting
Barbara Rutter
Assistant Costume Designer
John Mollo
Costume Design
Elaine Bowerbank
Hair Supervisor
Tricia Cameron
Hairstylist
Peter Robb-King
Key Makeup Artist
Lois Burwell
Makeup Supervisor
Dennis Bosher
Assistant Art Director
Chaiyan Chunsuttiwat
Assistant Art Director
Lon Bender
Supervising Sound Editor
Per Hallberg
Assistant Sound Editor
Bob Beher
Assistant Sound Editor
Lisa Miller
Assistant Sound Editor
John T. Reitz
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gregg Rudloff
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David E. Campbell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Simon Kaye
Sound Mixer
Thom 'Coach' Ehle
Dolby Consultant
Tommy Staples
Boom Operator
Sukey Fontelieu
Foley Supervisor
Dan O'Connell
Foley Artist
Alicia Stevenson
Foley Artist
Devon Heffley Curry
Supervising ADR Editor
Joseph A. Mayer
ADR Editor
Avram D. Gold
ADR Editor
George Gibbs
Special Effects Supervisor
Charles Gross
Original Music Composer
Becky Mancuso-Winding
Music Supervisor
Tim Sexton
Music Supervisor
Curtis Roush
Supervising Music Editor
Bob Kocourek
Production Accountant
Fred Carter
Set Decoration
Frank Connor
Still Photographer
Angela Wharton
Script Supervisor
Kevin Edland
Best Boy Electric
Billy D. Lucas
Stunts
Chere Rae
Stunts
Steven Lambert
Stunts
Donna Evans
Stunts
Dana Dru Evenson
Stunts
Doug Coleman
Stunts
John Cenatiempo
Stunts
Debbie Lynn Ross
Stunts
Vic Armstrong
Stunt Coordinator
Nikki Williams
Clapper Loader
Robert Toft
Video Assist Operator
Paul Hodgson
Associate Editor
Brian Ralph
Negative Cutter
John Higgins
Gaffer
Gerry Levy
Unit Production Manager
Rob Harris
Unit Publicist
Steve Spence
Art Direction
Tony Reading
Art Direction
William Henry
First Assistant Editor
Carl Schmidt
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