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, 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
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
Roger Spottiswoode
Director
Richard Rush
Screenplay
Charles Gross
Original Music Composer
Roger Deakins
Director of Photography
John Bloom
Editor
Christopher Robbins
Novel
John Eskow
Screenplay
Daniel Melnick
Producer
Jon Jashni
Producer
Mario Kassar
Executive Producer
Andrew G. Vajna
Executive Producer
Michael J. Kagan
Line Producer
Lois Freeman-Fox
Editor
Janet Hirshenson
Casting
Allan Cameron
Production Design
Jane Jenkins
Casting
Billy D. Lucas
Stunts
Becky Mancuso-Winding
Music Supervisor
Tim Sexton
Music Supervisor
John Mollo
Costume Design
Allen Shapiro
Co-Producer
John Eskow
Co-Producer
Albert M. Shapiro
First Assistant Director
Artist W. Robinson
Second Assistant Director
Vic Armstrong
Stunt Coordinator
George Gibbs
Special Effects Supervisor
Simon Kaye
Sound Mixer
Gerry Levy
Unit Production Manager
Steve Spence
Art Direction
Tony Reading
Art Direction
Fred Carter
Set Decoration
Dennis Bosher
Assistant Art Director
Chaiyan Chunsuttiwat
Assistant Art Director
Mike Proudfoot
Camera Operator
Gordon Hayman
Camera Operator
Mark O'Kane
Steadicam Operator
Robert Toft
Video Assist Operator
Angela Wharton
Script Supervisor
Tommy Staples
Boom Operator
Noori Dehnahi
Post Production Coordinator
Paul Hodgson
Associate Editor
William Henry
First Assistant Editor
Lon Bender
Supervising Sound Editor
Dan O'Connell
Foley Artist
Alicia Stevenson
Foley Artist
Curtis Roush
Supervising Music Editor
Devon Heffley Curry
Supervising ADR Editor
Joseph A. Mayer
ADR Editor
Avram D. Gold
ADR Editor
Sukey Fontelieu
Foley Supervisor
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
John Higgins
Gaffer
Kevin Edland
Best Boy Electric
Lois Burwell
Makeup Supervisor
Peter Robb-King
Key Makeup Artist
Elaine Bowerbank
Hair Supervisor
Tricia Cameron
Hairstylist
Bob Kocourek
Production Accountant
Patsy de Lord
Production Coordinator
Barbara Rutter
Assistant Costume Designer
Rob Harris
Unit Publicist
Frank Connor
Still Photographer
Carl Schmidt
Armorer
Brian Ralph
Negative Cutter
Phil Hetos
Color Timer
Thom 'Coach' Ehle
Dolby Consultant
Chere Rae
Stunts
Steven Lambert
Stunts
Donna Evans
Stunts
Dana Dru Evenson
Stunts
Doug Coleman
Stunts
John Cenatiempo
Stunts
Fraser Taggart
Aerial Camera
Nikki Williams
Clapper Loader
Debbie Lynn Ross
Stunts
Callum McDougall
Second Assistant Director