Movie
The Great Waldo Pepper
Overview
A biplane pilot and WWI veteran takes up barnstorming and later a movie career in his quest for the glory days he misses.
Details
- Release date
- 1975-03-13
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Universal Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Robert Redford as Waldo Pepper
- Bo Svenson as Axel Olsson
- Bo Brundin as Ernst Kessler
- Susan Sarandon as Mary Beth
- Geoffrey Lewis as Newt
- Edward Herrmann as Ezra Stiles
- Philip Bruns as Dilhoefer
- Roderick Cook as Werfel
- Kelly Jean Peters as Patsy
- Margot Kidder as Maude
- Scott Newman as Duke
- James S. Appleby as Ace
Crew
- George Roy Hill - Director
- William Goldman - Writer
- George Roy Hill - Story
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