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Flight of the Intruder ()


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During the air war over Vietnam, a U.S. Navy A-6 Intruder bomber pilot schemes with a hardened veteran to make an unauthorized air strike on Hanoi.

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Commander Frank Camparelli
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Lt. Cmdr. Virgil Cole
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Lt. Jake' Cool Hand' Grafton
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Callie
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Boxman
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Lt. Cmdr. 'Cowboy' Parker
Jared Chandler ...
Lt. J.G. Jack 'Razor' Barlow
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Mad Jack
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'Cag'
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McRae
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Lt. J.G. Morgan McPherson
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Guffy
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Hardesty (as Scott Newton Stevens)
Justin Williams ...
Sammy
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Big Augie
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Little Augie
Adam Biesk ...
Librarian
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Air Boss
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Clerk
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Admiral #1
David Glyn Price ...
Admiral #2
James O'Neel ...
New Guy
Hugo Napier ...
Newsman
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Duty Officer
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Intelligence Captain
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Fighter Pilot Drunk
Mike Jolly ...
Merchant Thug
Tom Kriss ...
Merchant Thug
Jeff O'Haco ...
Merchant Thug
Grove E. Johnson ...
Bartender 'Skipper'
Jonnie C. Pangyarihan Sr. ...
Philippino Taxi Driver
Duane Matthews ...
Jack 'Hammer' Johnson
Eddie Badiang ...
Cole's Killer
Minh Huu Do ...
Pathet Lao Soldier
Brian Khaw ...
NVA Officer
Akio Mitamura ...
Sniper (as Dr. Akio Mitamura)
Alison Furrevig ...
Sallie
Connie B. Canales ...
Hooker
Ernie Seliceo ...
Thug
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Aide
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Navy Seaman Fighter (uncredited)
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Court-Martial Captain (uncredited)
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Office in Control Room (uncredited)

Directed by

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John Milius

Written by

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Stephen Coonts ... (novel)
 
Robert Dillon ... (screenplay) and
David Shaber ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Brian E. Frankish ... executive producer (as Brian Frankish)
Lis Kern ... associate producer
Mace Neufeld ... producer
Robert Rehme ... producer (uncredited)
Ralph Winter ... co-executive producer

Music by

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Basil Poledouris

Cinematography by

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Fred J. Koenekamp ... director of photography

Editing by

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Steve Mirkovich
Carroll Timothy O'Meara
Peck Prior

Editorial Department

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Timothy Alverson ... assistant editor
Sam Citron ... assistant editor
Richard Currie ... assistant film editor
John Lafferty ... assistant editor

Casting By

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Mindy Marin

Production Design by

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Jack T. Collis

Art Direction by

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Albert Heschong ... (as E. Albert Herschong)

Set Decoration by

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Mickey S. Michaels

Makeup Department

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Jeff Dawn ... makeup artist
Wes Dawn ... makeup artist

Production Management

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D. Scott Easton ... unit production manager
Brian E. Frankish ... unit production manager (as Brian Frankish)
Conrad Irving ... production manager: second unit (as Conrad Paul Irving)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Albert Cho ... second second assistant director
Steve Danton ... first assistant director
Conrad Irving ... first assistant director: second unit (as Conrad Paul Irving)
Terry Leonard ... second unit director (as Terry J. Leonard)
Bob Lewis ... second assistant director: second unit
Marge Piane ... dga trainee
Barry K. Thomas ... second assistant director

Art Department

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John Alvin ... poster artist
Craig B. Ayers Sr. ... greensman
Jeff Clark ... sign writer
Dennis DeWaay ... construction coordinator
Mark Fenlason ... leadman / model maker
Joseph E. Hubbard ... set designer
Jack Johnson ... illustrator
Richard Franklyn Mays ... set designer
Nick Navarro ... set designer (as Nick S. Navarro)
Dennis J. Parrish ... property master
Fred Seibly ... signwriter (uncredited)
D.A. Zingelewicz ... location foreman (uncredited)

Sound Department

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David Behle ... sound recordist
Fred J. Brown ... supervising sound editor
Linda Corbin ... foley mixer
Anne Couk ... first assistant sound editor
Larry Hopkins ... sound mixer
Joe Kenworthy ... sound mixer: second unit
Robert J. Litt ... re-recording mixer
Greg P. Russell ... re-recording mixer
Michele Sharp ... sound editor
Jack Solomon ... sound mixer
Elliot Tyson ... re-recording mixer
Tim Webb ... sound recordist
Bernard Weiser ... sound editor
Marshall Winn ... sound editor
Jack Keller ... sound recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Lloyd A. Buswell ... gang boss
John Cassel ... special effects technician
Lawrence Decker ... special effects assistant
Tamar Dick ... special effects artist
R.J. Hohman ... special effects technician
Crit Killen ... minatures
Wayne Kosky ... grip: special effects unit
Joe Lombardi ... special effects coordinator
Paul J. Lombardi ... special effects supervisor (as Paul Lombardi)
Steve Sanders ... model maker: miniatures
Jimmy Thomson ... special effects

Visual Effects by

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William L. Arance ... airbrush artist
Greg Aronowitz ... model maker
Craig Barron ... visual effects supervisor: Matte World
Harold Buchman ... digital artist
Bill Coffin ... visual effects
Chris Dawson ... visual effects animation camera operator / visual effects animator
Krystyna Demkowicz ... executive in charge of production: Matte World
Tim Donahue ... visual effects art director: Introvision
Peter Farson ... technical director
Charles Gibson ... visual effects
John Hughes ... cg supervisor: Rhythm & Hues / studio head: Rhythm & Hues
Steve Hyde ... visual effects artist
Richard Kilroy ... model maker
Michael Lawler ... visual effects cameraman
Kevin Scott Mack ... model painter
Rob Maine ... motion control animation camera
Alan McFarland ... miniature effects lighting: Sessums Engineering
John P. Mesa ... visual effects cameraman
William Mesa ... visual effects supervisor
Aung Min ... digital artist: Rhythm & Hues Inc
Steve R. Moore ... visual effects editor
Jim Morris ... general manager: ILM
Michael Pangrazio ... matte artist supervisor
Dennis Rogers ... first assistant camera: Sessums VFX Unit
Issy Shabtay ... visual effects coordinator
Joseph Thomas ... animation cameraman
Mark Vargo ... visual effects producer
Christopher Dusendschon ... animation supervisor: INTROVISION (uncredited) / vistavision camera operator: INTROVISION (uncredited)
Michael Okuda ... additional animation (uncredited)
Michael Tigar ... digital artist (uncredited)
Matthew Yuricich ... visual effects artist (uncredited)

Stunts

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Bobby Aldridge ... stunt performer
Perry Barndt ... stunts
Troy Brown ... stunts
R.J. Chambers ... stunts
Phil Chong ... stunts
Jay Cullin ... stunt pilot
Colin C.L. Fong ... stunts
Al Goto ... stunts
Steve Hinton ... stunts
Jeff Imada ... stunts
Steven D. Ito ... stunts
Terry Jackson ... additional stunt double: Brad Johnson
Terry Leonard ... stunt coordinator
Will Leong ... utility stunts
Kent W. Luttrell ... stunt rigger
Jerry Meyers ... stunt Parachutist
Kerry Rossall ... stunts
John-Clay Scott ... stunts
Danny Wong ... stunts
Oliver Theess ... stunt performer (uncredited)
Mark Travis ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Robert L. Blatman ... assistant camera
David Canestro ... grip
Frank Detone Jr. ... grip
Tim Dunford ... assistant camera
William E. Fitch ... grip
Norman Lang ... electrician
Bruce McBroom ... still photographer
Michael A. McFadden ... rigging grip
Richard Craig Meinardus ... first assistant camera
Bo Miller ... key grip
David B. Nowell ... photography: second unit
Paul M. Pollard ... camera operator
Gary D. Scott ... first assistant camera: second unit
Neil Toussaint ... Additional Film Loader
Carl A. Vidnic ... electrician
Michael D. Weldon ... first assistant camera
Earl C. Williman ... gaffer: second unit
Leonard Romie ... electrician (uncredited)
Gary Stark ... electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department

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David Glanzer ... location casting
Jimmy Jue ... extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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George L. Little ... costume supervisor
Mark Peterson ... key costumer
Lew Richard ... assistant wardrobe & technical advisor (uncredited)

Location Management

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Robert H. Lemer ... key location manager
Stuart Neumann ... location manager

Music Department

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Tim Boyle ... score mixer
Charles Martin Inouye ... music editor
Mark McKenzie ... additional orchestrator
Greig McRitchie ... orchestrator
Mark Adams ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Robert Adcock ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Murray Adler ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Dale Anderson ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Israel Baker ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Marilyn Baker ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Rick Baptist ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Timothy Barr ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Robert Becker ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Arnold Belnick ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Michael Boddicker ... musician: synthesizer (uncredited)
Bob Bornstein ... music copyist (uncredited)
Dmitri Bovaird ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Gary Bovyer ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Jacqueline Brand ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Larry Bunker ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Ken Burwood-Hoy ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Russell Cantor ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Jon Clarke ... musician: oboe (uncredited)
Gary Coleman ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Tony Cooke ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Ronald Cooper ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Larry Corbett ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Rose Corrigan ... musician: bassoon (uncredited)
Douglas Davis ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Brian Dembow ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Drew Dembowski ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Jeff DeRosa ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Marcy Dicterow-Vaj ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Burnette Dillon ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
David Duke ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Bruce Dukov ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Earl Dumler ... musician: oboe (uncredited)
Steve Edelman ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Arni Egilsson ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Ernest Ehrhardt ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Julie Eidsvoog ... music copyist (uncredited)
Steve Erdody ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Christine Ermacoff ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Alan Estes ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Emmett Estren ... music librarian (uncredited)
Dominick Fera ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Michael Ferril ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Ron Folsom ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Steve Forman ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Carl Fortina ... orchestra manager (uncredited)
Armen Garabedian ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Berj Garabedian ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Jeff Gauthier ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Domenick Genova ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Rick Gerding ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Julie Gigante ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Steven Gordon ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Endre Granat ... concertmaster (uncredited)
Gary Grant ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Danny Greco ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Susan Greenberg ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Mario Guarneri ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Clayton Haslop ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Barbara Hunter ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Marilyn Johnson ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Tommy Johnson ... musician: tuba (uncredited)
Anne Karam ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Roland Kato ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Peter Kent ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Myra Kestenbaum ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Christian Kollgaard ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Armen Ksajikian ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Connie Kupka ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Peter Limonick ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Norman Ludwin ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Warren Luening ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Margot MacLaine ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Jack Marsh ... musician: bassoon (uncredited)
Richard Marvin ... musician: synthesizer (uncredited)
Harvey W. Mason ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Miriam Mayer ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Lew McCreary ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Don McInnes ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Malcolm McNab ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Joe Meyer ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Todd Miller ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Yvonne S. Moriarty ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Ralph Morrison ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Carole Mukagawa ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Diane Muller ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Richard Nash ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Dan Neufeld ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Michael O'Donovan ... musician: bassoon (uncredited)
Robert Peterson ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Kazi Pitelka ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Basil Poledouris ... conductor (uncredited) / music producer (uncredited)
Joe Porcaro ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
John Reynolds ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
David Riddles ... musician: bassoon (uncredited)
Jay Rosen ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Anatoly Rosinsky ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Geraldine Rotella ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Vic Sagerquist ... music copyist (uncredited)
Sheldon Sanov ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Steve Schaeffer ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Jim Self ... musician: tuba (uncredited)
Harry Shlutz ... musician: cello (uncredited)
David Shostac ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Haim Shtrum ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Lonnie Sill ... music department (uncredited)
Barry Socher ... musician: violin (uncredited)
David Stenske ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Sheridon Stokes ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Margaret Storer ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Linn Subotnick ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Robert Sushel ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Kimiyo Takeya ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Phillip A. Teele ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Tony Terran ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
James Thatcher ... musician: French horn (uncredited)
Ray Tischer ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Mari Tsumura ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Louise Di Tullio ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Lloyd Ulyate ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Ian Underwood ... musician: synthesizer (uncredited)
Miwako Watanabe ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Ken Watson ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Chauncey Welsch ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Jerry Williams ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
David Young ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Paul J. Zibits ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Mihail Zinovyev ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Shari Zippert ... musician: violin (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Trudy Ramirez ... script supervisor (as Trudy G. Ramirez)

Transportation Department

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Randy Peters ... transportation coordinator
Candace Wells ... transportation captain
Gina August ... driver (uncredited)
Mitch Friedman ... driver (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Bob Bergen ... voice: special vocal effects
Jim Box ... aerial consultant
Leonard Brady ... Assistant To John Milius
James E. Brooks ... technical advisor: Navy (as Lieutenant James E. Brooks)
Deborah L. Campbell ... production assistant
Kathy Day ... assistant: Mr. Neufeld
Thomas R. Harmon ... aerial consultant
Steve Hinton ... aerial coordinator / pilot
Craig Hosking ... helicopter pilot
Jerry Irvine ... rocket effects
Carol Keith ... assistant production coordinator
Clay Lacy ... aerial unit coordinator
Dean LaFleur ... US Navy A-6 Intruder Pilot (as LT Dean "Frenchy" LaFleur)
David R. Lawson ... medic
David Mesloh ... modelmaker
Phill Norman ... title designer
Ron Pinkard ... technical advisor
Ross Reynolds ... helicopter pilot
Michael Roberts ... production accountant
Kerry Rossall ... stand-in
Oshan Ruiz ... miscellaneous crew
Joseph C. Sasgen ... prop shop / electronics crew
Samuel Lee Sayers ... technical consultant (as Captain Samuel Lee Sayers)
Debbie Schwab ... production coordinator
Burton Sharp ... adr group coordinator
Michael T. Sherman ... technical advisor: Navy
Jon Van Dyke ... alligators
Gene Witham ... technical advisor
Bill Young Jr. ... aerial consultant

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

After his bombardier is killed, Jake "Cool Hand" Grafton (Brad Johnson)', a carrier-based Intruder pilot, questions the purpose of Navy bombing missions. He finds an ally for his cynicism in Virgil Cole, a bombardier on his third tour of duty, and together they ponder the notion of one unsanctioned mission "downtown", to "Sam City" in North Vietnam. Written by Marg Baskin

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Taglines The only thing they can count on is each other. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Le vol de l'Intruder (France)
  • Flug durch die Hölle (Germany)
  • El vuelo del Intruder (Spain)
  • Paholaislentäjät (Finland)
  • 捍衛入侵者 (Taiwan)
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Runtime
  • 115 min
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Box Office

Budget $35,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United States $5,725,133, 21 Jan 1991

Did You Know?

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Trivia Near the end of the film, the phonetic alphabet phrase "Alpha Mike Foxtrot" is spoken over the radio. This is an abbreviation for "Adios Motherfucker", which is said over the radio by downed aircrews, when they know death or capture is imminent. See more »
Goofs A Stevie Ray Vaughan song is playing during the bar fight. This film takes place in 1972 and Stevie Ray didn't record music until the eighties. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Hot Shots! (1991). See more »
Soundtracks Bo Diddley See more »
Quotes [at the bar in Po city]
Lt. Jake Grafton: "Fighter pukes make movies. Bomber pilots make... HISTORY!"
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