The Great Waldo Pepper | |
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Directed by | George Roy Hill |
Written by | George Roy Hill William Goldman |
Produced by | George Roy Hill |
Starring | Robert Redford Bo Svenson Margot Kidder Bo Brundin Susan Sarandon |
Cinematography | Robert Surtees |
Edited by | William H. Reynolds |
Music by | Henry Mancini |
Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $5 million |
Box office | $20,642,922[1] |
The Great Waldo Pepper is a 1975 American drama film directed, produced, and co-written by George Roy Hill. Set during 1926–1931, the film stars Robert Redford as a disaffected World War I veteran pilot who missed the opportunity to fly in combat, and examines his sense of postwar dislocation in 1920s America. The cast includes Margot Kidder, Bo Svenson, Edward Herrmann and Susan Sarandon. The Great Waldo Pepper depicts barnstorming during the 1920s and the accidents that led to aviation regulations by the Air Commerce Act.