
American Made(2017)
The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.


“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.

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
Air America is a action, adventure, comedy, drama film released in 1990 exploring themes of vietnam war, central intelligence agency (cia), airplane, drug smuggling, refugee camp, pilot. Directed by Roger Spottiswoode, it stars Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr., Nancy Travis. 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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