The Great Waldo Pepper
“The second greatest flyer in the world.”
A biplane pilot and WWI veteran takes up barnstorming and later a movie career in his quest for the glory days he misses.
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Cast
47 people
Robert Redford
Waldo Pepper
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Bo Svenson
Axel Olsson
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Bo Brundin
Ernst Kessler
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Susan Sarandon
Mary Beth
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Geoffrey Lewis
Newt
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Edward Herrmann
Ezra Stiles
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Ri¢hie Ri¢h
Philip Bruns
Dilhoefer
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Flashdance
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Roderick Cook
Werfel
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Kelly Jean Peters
Patsy
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Little Big Man
Jack Frost
Margot Kidder
Maude
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Scott Newman
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James S. Appleby
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The Adventures of Don Quick
George Roy Hill Director · William Goldman Writer Henry Mancini Composer
Worldwide gross $21M · Budget $5M · United States release March 13, 1975
Box office
Budget
$5,000,000
Worldwide gross
$20,642,922
Gross vs. budget
4.1×
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Germany · March 13, 1975
Theatrical
United States · March 13, 1975
Theatrical
Ireland
June 6, 1975 · Theatrical
Japan
March 13, 1976 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 22, 1975 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
April 4, 1975 · Theatrical
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