The Great Waldo Pepper [Blu-ray]

Director: George Roy Hill George Roy Hill

Overview

Former WWI pilot Waldo Pepper works in an air show. After losing his performance permit, he gets a job as a movie stunt pilot. On the set, he meets a former German ace. The film ends with both men proving to themselves what they'd failed to prove during the war.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/24/2019
UPC:	0826663202236
Original Release:	1975
Rating:	PG
Source:	Shout Factory
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:47:00
Sales rank:	19,610

Special Features

Still gallery; Original theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Robert Redford	Waldo Pepper
Bo Svenson	Axel Olsson
Susan Sarandon	Mary Beth
Bo Brundin	Ernst Kessler
Geoffrey Lewis	Newt
Edward Herrmann	Ezra Stiles
Philip Bruns	Dillhoefer
Roderick Cook	Werfel
Kelly Jean Peters	Patsy
Margot Kidder	Maude
Scott Newman	Duke
James S. Appleby	Ace
Patrick W. Henderson Jr.	Scooter
James N. Harrell	Farmer,Farmer
Elma Aicklen	Farmer's Wife
Deborah Knapp	Farmer's Daughter
John A. Zee	Director Western Set
John Reilly	Western Star
Jack Manning	Director Spanish Set
Joe Billings	Policeman
Robert W. Winn	Theater Manager
Lawrence Casey	German Star
Greg Martin	Assistant Director

Technical Credits

George Roy Hill

William Goldman

George Roy Hill	Director,Producer,Screenwriter
William Goldman	Screenwriter
James S. Appleby	Stunts
Tallmantz Aviation	Stunts
Wayne Berg	Stunts
Howard Curtis	Stunts
Mike Dewey	Stunts
John Kazian	Stunts
Thomas Mooney	Stunts
Frank Pine	Stunts
Frank Price	Stunts
Audrey Saunders	Stunts
Art Scholl	Stunts
Frank Tallman	Stunts
Ralph Wiggins	Stunts
Ronald Pierce	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

The last in a string of period films directed by George Roy Hill, The Great Waldo Pepper is a high-flying adventure-drama set in the days after World War I. Many expected the film to be the third consecutive blockbuster for Hill and lead Robert Redford -- following their successes Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting -- but Pepper failed to find much of an audience, perhaps because it was released the same summer as Jaws. Nevertheless, the film features some wonderful aerial barnstorming sequences, reminiscent of the airborne dramas of Howard Hughes or Howard Hawks. Shot on location in Texas by the great Robert Surtees, Pepper is perhaps most successful at capturing the feel of 1920s rural America. The script by Butch Cassidy writer William Goldman has some trouble juggling all the humor, adventure, and drama, but it doesn't detract from the film's overall impact. With his subsequent scripts for Marathon Man and All the President's Men, Goldman became one of the most highly regarded screenwriters of the decade.