Air America

Air America

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.

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Released

10 Aug 1990

Runtime

113 min

Genre

Action, Comedy, War

Director

Roger Spottiswoode

Actors

Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr., Nancy Travis

Awards

1 nomination total

IMDb rating

5.8

Box office

$31,053,601

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