Flight of the Intruder

Jan 18, 1991

1h 55m

★ 5.7

The only thing they can count on is each other.

Overview

U.S. Navy pilot Lt. Jake Grafton and his bombardier buddy, Lt. Cmdr. Virgil Cole, are two soldiers embedded in the Vietnam War growing frustrated by the military's constraints on their missions. Despite the best efforts of their commanding officer, Cmdr. Frank Camparelli, to re-engage them, this disillusioned pair decide to take the war effort into their own hands with an explosive battle plan that could well get them court-martialed.

Genres

Action

War

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Flight of the Intruder Trailers

Cast

Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli

Danny Glover

Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole

Willem Dafoe

Lt. Jake 'Cool Hand' Grafton

Brad Johnson

Callie Joy

Rosanna Arquette

Boxman

Tom Sizemore

Lt. Cmdr. 'Cowboy' Parker

J. Kenneth Campbell

Lt. J.G. Jack 'Razor' Barlow

Jared Chandler

Mad Jack

Dann Florek

'Cag'

Madison Mason

McRae

Ving Rhames

Lt. J.G. Morgan McPherson

Christopher Rich

Guffy

Douglas Roberts

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