Main Cast: Robert Duvall, Treat Williams, Kathryn Harrold, Ed Flanders, Paul Gleason
Release Year: 1981
Country: US
Run Time: 100 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
The mysterious 1971 hijacking of an airliner by a bold thief who parachuted into legend over the Pacific Northwest became fodder for this action comedy that's mostly speculative. Treat Williams stars as Jim Meade, an ambitious former Army man who devises a clever scheme to hold up an airliner for $200,000. Masquerading as "D.B. Cooper," he succeeds, and after landing safely in the deep woods, he seeks out his wife Hannah (Kathryn Harrold), whom he had left months earlier. They reconcile and head for the Mexican border. However, Jim soon has two people hot on his trail. Bob Gruen (Robert Duvall) was Jim's sergeant in the armed forces. Now an insurance investigator, Bob becomes convinced that only his talented former underling could have pulled off the job and sets out to capture him. At the same time, Jim's seedy former Army pal Remson (Paul Gleason) comes to the same conclusion and pursues the Meades, hoping to get a cut of the loot. Based on the book by J.D. Reed, the film failed to ignite interest at the box office, despite a publicity stunt by Universal Pictures offering a million dollars for information leading to the arrest of the real Cooper. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
R.G. Armstrong - Dempsey; Dorothy Fielding - Denise; Nicolas Coster - Avery; Cooper Huckabee - Homer; David Adams - FBI Interviewer; Pat Ast - Horse Lady; Ramon Chavez - El Capitan; Christopher Curry - Hippie; Jack Dunlap - Drinking Buddy; Henry Max Kendrick; Stacy Newton - Cowboy; Michael O'Hare - Car Owner; Michael Potter - Pilot; Howard K. Smith - Himself; Bill Wittman - Person-on-the-Street; Jimmy Lee - Bomb Squad; Mike Casper - Bomb Squad; Dave Gilbert - Person-on-the-Street; Richard Brown - Crop Duster Man
Credit
Ron Shelton - Associate Producer, Roger Spottiswoode - Director, Allan Jacobs - Editor, Robbe Roberts - Editor, James Horner - Composer (Music Score), Waylon Jennings - Songwriter, Preston Ames - Production Designer, Harry Stradling, Jr. - Cinematographer, William Tennant - Producer, Dan Wigutow - Producer, Michael Taylor - Producer, Al Overton - Sound/Sound Designer, Jeffrey Allen Fiskin - Screenwriter, J.D. Reed - Book Author
