Robert Redford
Waldo Pepper
Bo Svenson
Axel Olsson
Bo Brundin
Ernst Kessler
Susan Sarandon
Mary Beth
Geoffrey Lewis
Newt
Edward Herrmann
Ezra Stiles
Philip Bruns
Dilhoefer
Roderick Cook
Werfel
Kelly Jean Peters
Patsy
Margot Kidder
Maude
Scott Newman
Duke
James S. Appleby
AcePatrick W. Henderson Jr.
ScooterJames N. Harrell
FarmerElma Aicklen
Farmer's WifeDeborah Knapp
Farmer's DaughterJohn A. Zee
Director, Western Set
John Reilly
Western Star
Jack Manning
Director, Spanish SetJoe Billings
Policeman
Lawrence P. Casey
German StarGreg Martin
Assistant DirectorGreg Bransom
Carnival Specrator (uncredited)
Marilyn Burns
Spectator (uncredited)A.L. Camp
Farmer (uncredited)Harvey Christiansen
Farmer in Crowd (uncredited)William Creamer
Country Man in Restaurant (uncredited)Kenny E. Bishop
(uncredited)Inge Erving
City Woman in Restaurant (uncredited)Todd Ezell
Carny Barker (uncredited)John Guttman
Poth Farmer #2 (uncredited)Robert S. Holman
Farmer at Fence #1 (uncredited)Elsie Julian
Country Woman in Restaurant (uncredited)R.C. Keene
Air show attendee (uncredited)Patrick G. Koerber
Man in Crowd (uncredited)Ruby Leonard
Ruby (uncredited)James Patrick Lockett
Boy from Poth (uncredited)Richard A. Meyer
Poth Farmer #1 (uncredited)Steve Moriarty
Airport Mechanic (uncredited)Wayne Nowotny
(uncredited)Harold Offer
City Man in Restaurant (uncredited)Murray Pollack
Doctor (uncredited)James Rosborough
Farmer at Fence #2 (uncredited)Art Scholl
Red Baron (uncredited)George W. Smyth
Little Falls Farmer (uncredited)Robert W. Winn
Theater Manager (uncredited)
Released
en
$5,000,000.00
$20,642,922.00
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- #aerial combat
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Reviews
**_The daredevil barnstormers of the 1920s with Robert Redford and Bo Svenson_** Two former pilots of WW1 team-up to entertain people in middle America with increasingly risky aerial maneuvers. Susan Sarandon plays a woman who joins the team while Margot Kidder appears as the protagonist’s on-again, off-again girlfriend. Geoffrey Lewis is also on hand as an inspector of the newly formed Air Com
Former World War I pilot Waldo Pepper barnstorms across rural America, giving 5 minute rides to skeptical townsfolk. Clearly the people behind this project love aviation and capture the feel of the post-World-War-I era when "the sky's the limit" was literally true. The downside of early aviation is shown via the ups and downs of "Doc Dilhoefer's Flying Circus," where a novice wing walker freez