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.
Directed by Roger Spottiswoode
vietnam war
central intelligence agency (cia)
airplane
drug smuggling
refugee camp
pilot
laos
drugs
1960s
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
2.9 / 5
Where to Watch
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
Crew
Roger Spottiswoode
Director
Richard Rush
Screenplay
Charles Gross
Original Music Composer
Roger Deakins
Director of Photography
Mario Kassar
Executive Producer
Andrew G. Vajna
Executive Producer
Jon Jashni
Producer
Janet Hirshenson
Casting
Billy D. Lucas
Stunts
Vic Armstrong
Stunt Coordinator
Lois Burwell
Makeup Supervisor
Peter Robb-King
Key Makeup Artist
Popular Reviews
19 reviews
Asha Parvati
6.0★ · 04/01/26
silly billy u ray of sunshine words cannot explain how much i love u no because wym i can’t marry him im literally pregnant
silly billy u ray of sunshine words cannot explain how much i love u no because wym i can’t marry him im literally pregnant
Lucien WD
4.0★ · 08/01/22
I saw the poster where the two boys are smiling and I thought this was gonna be very different. Boring boomer Vietnam shite.
I saw the poster where the two boys are smiling and I thought this was gonna be very different. Boring boomer Vietnam shite.
