Universal Pictures
Directed by George Roy Hill
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Shout Factory)
Robert Redford plays a barnstormer who travels around rural Nebraska in the years after WWI performing stunts. Bo Svenson is his rival whom he eventually befriends. They come up with new stunts to attract crowds, leading to a crash. After recuperating, he joins a flying circus and helps out with a new wingwalking act featuring Susan Sarandon. However, she is killed in another accident. Grounded by the government and dismayed by yet another death of a fellow pilot, he goes to Hollywood where he performs stunts under a fake name for the movies. He meets a German ace and his wartime hero working on the same film. They decide to reenact a famous dogfight from the war while filming. Spectacular flying sequences are a definite highlight as is the period detail, but the violent deaths are a but unnerving.
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