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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.
Mar 13, 1975 · The Great Waldo Pepper: Directed by George Roy Hill. With Robert Redford, Bo Svenson, Bo Brundin, Susan Sarandon. After WW1, an ex-pilot takes up barn-storming and chance-meets a former German ace fighter pilot with whom he co-stars in Hollywood war movies depicting aerial dog-fights.
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- Adventure, Drama
- George Roy Hill
- 1975-03-13
The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) Waldo Pepper is, as he admits with a shy smile, the second greatest flier in the world. The greatest is Ernst Kessler, the German ace who shot down 70 foes in World War I. But that was more than a decade ago, and now Kessler, as much as Pepper, is reduced to peddling $5 plane rides and doing stunt flying during the ...
Robert Redford takes to the skies in this rousing adventure! Waldo Pepper (Robert Redford) is a former WWI biplane pilot who feels he missed out on his chanc...
Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/29/23 Full Review Martin B In terms of cinematography it doesn't get much better then The Great Waldo Pepper and to think it's near a half a century ...
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- George Roy Hill
- PG
- Robert Redford
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Summaries. After WW1, an ex-pilot takes up barn-storming and chance-meets a former German ace fighter pilot with whom he co-stars in Hollywood war movies depicting aerial dog-fights. 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, eventually getting a chance ...
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