The Great Waldo Pepper is a 1975 American adventure drama film directed by George Roy Hill and starring Robert Redford as a former World War I biplane pilot who attempts to win a cross-country air race. The film also stars Susan Sarandon, Bo Svenson, and Geoffrey Lewis.
The Great Waldo Pepper is a 1975 American drama film directed, produced, and co-written by George Roy Hill. Set during 1926–1931, the film stars Robert Redford as a disaffected World War I veteran pilot who missed the opportunity to fly in combat, and examines his sense of postwar dislocation in 1920s America. The cast includes Margot Kidder, Bo Svenson, Edward Herrmann and Susan Sarandon. The Great Waldo Pepper depicts barnstorming during the 1920s and the accidents that led to aviation regulations by the Air Commerce Act.