The Great Waldo Pepper

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.

Genre : AdventureDrama

Runtime : 108 mins

Release Date : 1975-03-13

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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 aviatio...

**_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-ag...

Cast

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