Flight of the Intruder (1991) on Netflix
PG-1319911h 55mActionDramaThriller
Navy Intruder pilot Jake Grafton loses his bombardier over Vietnam and questions the purpose of the bombing missions. With bombardier Virgil Cole he weighs an unauthorized strike on Hanoi.
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Plot summary
Lieutenant Jake Grafton flies A-6 Intruder bombers from a Navy carrier during the Vietnam War. His bombardier, Lieutenant Morgan McPherson, is killed by ground fire on a strike into North Vietnam, and Grafton lands the aircraft back aboard. Commander Frank Camparelli debriefs him and tells him to put the loss behind him. Grafton begins to question the purpose of the bombing missions. He finds an ally in Lieutenant Commander Virgil Cole, a bombardier starting his third tour, and the two consider an unauthorized strike on Hanoi.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Flight of the Intruder (1991)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- As a favor to director John Milius, actor Ed O'Neill was originally cast in a small uncredited role, but when test audiences laughed at seeing him because they associated him with his Married... with Children character Al Bundy, Milius recast the part and reshot the scenes.
- Author Stephen Coonts said he made up the central thrust of the film: 'There was no secret bombing. It comes out of the character's deep-seated sense of frustration with the course of the war.' He had sent the book to 36 publishers, 30 of whom refused to look at it.
- Richard Gere and Brad Johnson were originally given the lead roles of the pilots, Johnson having just played a key role in Steven Spielberg's Always; Gere then dropped out and was replaced by Willem Dafoe.
- The Navy had script approval over the film and was reimbursed for the costs associated with it, an estimated $1.2 million.
