bappamtv

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

1981Movie⏱️ 1h 40mPG
AdventureCrimeDramaThriller
⭐ 5.6
IMDB Rating
1,606 votes

D.B. Cooper parachutes with his stolen money and proceeds to contact his wife. Meanwhile, his former army sergeant, who now works as an insurance investigator, manages to identify him and decides to track him down.

Director
N/A
Writers
J.D. Reed, Jeffrey Alan Fiskin, Buzz Kulik
Stars
Robert Duvall, Treat Williams, Kathryn Harrold
Release Date
November 13, 1981
Language
English, Spanish
Country
United States
πŸ† 1
Wins
πŸ’¬ 24
Reviews
πŸ“‹ 2.0K
Watchlists
πŸ“½οΈ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall
as Gruen
Treat Williams
Treat Williams
as Meade
Kathryn Harrold
Kathryn Harrold
as Hannah
Ed Flanders
Ed Flanders
as Brigadier
Paul Gleason
Paul Gleason
as Remson
R.G. Armstrong
R.G. Armstrong
as Dempsey
Dorothy Fielding
Dorothy Fielding
as Denise
Nicolas Coster
Nicolas Coster
as Avery
Cooper Huckabee
Cooper Huckabee
as Homer
Howard K. Smith
Howard K. Smith
as Howard K. Smith

πŸ’° Box Office

$3,702,028
Worldwide Gross
$3,702,028
Domestic Gross
$1,214,767
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
Oregon, USA
Production
PolyGram Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

nudityreference to d.b. cooperjumping from an airplanehijackingheist

🎯 Categories

CaperAdventureCrimeDramaThriller

⭐ Featured Review

Reminded me of Smokey and the Bandit but not funny at all if that was what the producers were leaning towards
by Ed-Shullivan β€’ 2022-04-17
4/10

"What a disappointment this turned out to be. I realize that the actual true crime committed by the unknown thief coined as "D. B. Cooper" is still the only unsolved plane hijacking and so I was really looking forward to watching this film but unfortunately it turned into less than a crime and more like a poor mans car chase comedy that still didn't work. Treat Williams is an excellent actor and actress Kathryn Harrold is easy on the eyes. Add to that Robert Duvall as the ex marine sergeant turned insurance investigator chasing this pair across the state lines and I thought it w..."

πŸ’‘ Did You Know?

The true hijacker, of which this movie is based upon, never used the alias D.B. Cooper. Instead he used "Dan Cooper". D.B. Cooper was the name of a person the police checked out, in case the hijacker had stupidly used his own name. The media got hold of the information, that the police were checking out the rap sheet of a D.B. Cooper, and the name has stuck ever since.

πŸ“– Synopsis

D.B. Cooper parachutes with his stolen money and proceeds to contact his wife. Meanwhile, his former army sergeant, who now works as an insurance investigator, manages to identify him and decides to track him down.