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.
Robert Redford
as Waldo Pepper
Bo Svenson
as Axel Olsson
Bo Brundin
as Ernst Kessler
Susan Sarandon
as Mary Beth
Geoffrey Lewis
as Newt
Edward Herrmann
as Ezra Stiles
Philip Bruns
as Dilhoefer
Roderick Cook
as Werfel
Kelly Jean Peters
as Patsy
Margot Kidder
as Maude
Scott Newman
as Duke
James S. Appleby
as Ace
