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A biplane pilot who had missed flying in WWI takes up barnstorming and later a movie career in his quest for the glory he had missed.
Language
Budget$5,000,000
Revenue $20,642,922
English
Budget$5,000,000
Revenue $20,642,922
Keywords
world war i
aerial combat
red baron
biplane
flying ace
barnstorming
fighter ace
stunt pilot
the red baron
airplane pilot
Casts

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
Ace
Patrick W. Henderson Jr.
Scooter
James N. Harrell
Farmer
Elma Aicklen
Farmer's Wife
Deborah Knapp
Farmer's Daughter
John A. Zee
Director, Western Set

John Reilly
Western Star

Jack Manning
Director, Spanish Set
Joe Billings
Policeman

Lawrence P. Casey
German Star
Greg Martin
Assistant Director
Greg 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)
Cheryl Downey
Minor Role (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)
Crews

George Roy Hill
Director

Robert Surtees
Director of Photography
Dennis C. Salcedo
Sound Recordist

Bob Harris
Stunts
Ronald Pierce
Sound

Erik Cord
Stunts
'Wild' Bill Mock
Stunts
Audrey Saunders
Stunts

Dean Smith
Stunts
Robert J. Miller
Sound
Bruce Wolke
Special Effects
Mickey Gilbert
Stunts
John Moio
Stunts
Fred C. Blau Jr.
Makeup Artist
Melvin M. Metcalfe Sr.
Sound Mixer
Lorraine Roberson
Hairdresser
John Kazian
Stunts
Paul Stader
Stunts
Buff Brady
Stunts
Cheryl Downey
Assistant Director
Scott U. Adam
Assistant Director
James S. Appleby
Stunts
Frank L. Pine
Stunts
Art Scholl
Stunts
Howard Curtis
Stunts
Ben McMahan
Effects Supervisor
Edward T. Clahan
Stunts

George Roy Hill
Story

William Goldman
Writer

Buddy Van Horn
Stunts
Gary Liddiard
Makeup Artist
Lloyd Anderson
Unit Production Manager

Henry Bumstead
Art Direction
Ray Gosnell Jr.
First Assistant Director
Bernie Pollack
Costume Supervisor
Jerry Ballew
Second Assistant Director
Peter Berkos
Supervising Sound Editor
Roger Sword
Sound Editor
Charles W. Short
Camera Operator

George Roy Hill
Producer
Charlsie Bryant
Script Supervisor

Edith Head
Costume Design
Robert Crawford Jr.
Associate Producer
James W. Payne
Set Decoration
William Reynolds
Editor

Henry Mancini
Original Music Composer
Backdrops & Posters


