The Great Waldo Pepper

The Great Waldo Pepper
6.3

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Directed by: George Roy Hill

Overview

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.

Reviews (2)

  • Patrick E. Abe (Rated: 6)

    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...

  • Wuchak (Rated: 7)

    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-aga...

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