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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.

The few. The proud. The totally insane.

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Starring: Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr., Nancy Travis

Released: August 10, 1990

Runtime: 112.0

Popularity Rating: 10.274

Carolco Pictures, IndieProd Company Productions

United States of America

Gene Ryack Mel Gibson
Billy Covington Robert Downey Jr.
Corinne Landreaux Nancy Travis
Major Donald Lemond Ken Jenkins
Rob Diehl David Marshall Grant
Senator Davenport Lane Smith
Jack Neely Art LaFleur
Pirelli Ned Eisenberg
O.V. Marshall Bell
Saunders David Bowe
General Lu Soong Burt Kwouk
Babo Tim Thomerson
Nino Harvey Jason
Gene's Daughter Natta Nantatanti
Gene's Son Purin Panichpan
Gene's Brother-in-Law Yani Tramod
Truck Driver Ernie Lively
Recruiter Burke Byrnes
General Lee (uncredited) Michael Dudikoff
May Ling, Gene's Wife Sinjai Plengpanit

Art — Production Design: Allan Cameron
Camera — Director of Photography: Roger Deakins
Directing — Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Editing — Editor: John Bloom
Editing — Editor: Lois Freeman-Fox
Production — Casting: Jane Jenkins
Production — Casting: Janet Hirshenson
Production — Executive Producer: Andrew G. Vajna
Production — Executive Producer: Mario Kassar
Production — Line Producer: Michael J. Kagan
Production — Producer: Allen Shapiro
Production — Producer: Daniel Melnick
Production — Producer: John Eskow
Production — Producer: Jon Jashni
Sound — Original Music Composer: Charles Gross
Writing — Novel: Christopher Robbins
Writing — Screenplay: John Eskow
Writing — Screenplay: Richard Rush