The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) Reviews & Ratings

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The Great Waldo Pepper reviews

The Great Waldo Pepper holds a 6.5/10 average from 101 TMDB ratings.

Former World War I pilot Waldo Pepper barnstorms across rural America, giving 5 minute rides to skeptical townsfolk. Clearly the people behind this project love aviation and capture the feel of the post-World-War-I era when "the sky's the limit" was literally true. The downside of early aviation is shown via the ups and downs of "Doc Dilhoefer's Flying Circus," where a novice wing walker freezes in place. The long a…
— Patrick E. Abe (6/10)

**_The daredevil barnstormers of the 1920s with Robert Redford and Bo Svenson_** Two former pilots of WW1 team-up to entertain people in middle America with increasingly risky aerial maneuvers. Susan Sarandon plays a woman who joins the team while Margot Kidder appears as the protagonist’s on-again, off-again girlfriend. Geoffrey Lewis is also on hand as an inspector of the newly formed Air Commerce. "The Great Wald…
— Wuchak (7/10)

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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