Is there anything redford can't do?? Here, he's pepper, who wants to do great big, impressive stunts with his airplane. He missed out on the real flying action during world war one, so he already has a chip on his shoulder. He meets up with axel, who is also an avid barn-stormer stunt, and they put a show together. Which gets more and more dangerous. This can't end well. I'm not sure just what accent mary beth is supposed to have; in victor victoria, sarandon's accent worked because it was a silly, cheap accent on a silly, cheap girl. It's entertaining enough. A bit dated now, since theres only so many stunts one can do with the older equipment planes. It's pretty good. Some pretty gruesome scenes when things don't go well. It all comes down to the battle scene as they recreate kessler's famous air duel. Written and directed by george hill.
Review of The Great Waldo Pepper
