Flight of the Intruder is a 1991 film directed by John Milius, which is based on the novel of the same name by A-6 Intruder pilot Stephen Coonts. The film stars Danny Glover as Commander Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli, Willem Dafoe as Lieutenant Commander Virgil 'Tiger' Cole, and Brad Johnson as Lieutenant Jake 'Cool Hand' Grafton. Lieutenant Jake "Cool Hand" Grafton and his bombardier/navigator and best friend Lieutenant Morgan "Morg" McPhearson are flying a Grumman A-6 Intruder over the Gulf of Tonkin towards North Vietnam. Morgan navigates their way in while Jake makes comments about him taking... his work too seriously. Once calling "feet dry" and passing the coast, they hit their target, a suspected truck park which turns out to be trees. While flying back out over the Gulf of Tonkin, Morgan is shot in the neck by a Vietnamese peasant and Jake declares an emergency. Upon landing on the USS Independence , his BN and friend is dead. Disturbed and covered in blood, Jake walks into a debriefing with Commander Frank Camparelli and the executive officer, Commander "Cowboy" Parker.
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| Release date: | January 18, 1991 |
| Directed by: | John Milius |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 115 Minutes |
| Producer: | Brian Frankish |
| Music by: | Basil Poledouris |
| Cinematography: | Fred J. Koenekamp |
| Screenplay by: | David Shaber, Robert Dillon |
| Estimated budget: | $35,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Flight Of The Intruder |
| Genre: | Action, Thriller, Adventure |