Pancho Barnes

• Director: Richard T. Heffron
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Feminist Film, Biopic
• Themes: Tomboys
• Main Cast: Valerie Bertinelli
• Release Year: 1988
• Country: US
• Run Time: 150 minutes

Plot

A made for TV movie in which Valerie Bertinelli portrays Florence Pancho Barnes, a bored socialite who decides to learn to fly. After receiving her pilot's license, even though her ambitions get in the way of her love life, she becomes a stunt pilot, barnstormer, and even forced Howard Hughes to change his mind about unions. Her career spanned such varied activities as racing against Amelia Earhart and training army pilots. Fine portrayal of one of the more interesting of the independent women from the 1920s. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide

Cast

Norman Bennett - Doctor; Valerie Bertinelli - Pancho Barnes; Bill Bolender - Col. Rand; Katherine Bongfeldt - April Smith; Chris Douridas - Pilot; Coquina Dunn - January Smith; Sean Galaise - Billy; Cynthia Harris; John Hussey - Will Rogers; Luis Lemus - Ignacio; Geoffrey Lewis; Robert Manning - George Patton; Marco Perella - Maj. Cooper; Sam Robards; Michael Skipper - Leo Noomis; James Stephens; Ted Wass; John Evans - Jack Evans; Brent Anderson - Danny; John S. Davies - Assistant Director

Credit

Richard T. Heffron - Director, Michael Eliot - Editor, Michael F. Anderson - Editor, Allyn Ferguson - Composer (Music Score), William Wages - Cinematographer, John Michael Hayes - Screenwriter

Similar Movies

Heart Like a Wheel; Wings and the Woman; Amelia Earhart; Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight