The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

A speculation on the fate of the famous hijacker who parachuted with his ransom and disappeared in the mountains. Has Cooper succeeded in following a meticulous plan to disappear into anonymity despite the best efforts of a dogged cop?

Release Date

November 13, 1981

Runtime

100 min

Rating

Genres

Adventure , Crime , Thriller

Directed by

Roger Spottiswoode, Doris Grau, Buzz Kulik, Daniel Attias, R. Anthony Brown, Richard Learman, Louis S. Muscate, Charles Bail, Yoram Ben-Ami

Screenplay by

Jeffrey Alan Fiskin

Language

English

Budget

Revenue

Status

Released

Cast

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Robert Duvall

Treat Williams

Kathryn Harrold

Ed Flanders

Paul Gleason

R. G. Armstrong

Dorothy Fielding

Nicolas Coster

Cooper Huckabee

Christopher Curry

Pat Ast

Michael Potter

Michael O’Hare

Sanford Gibbons

Patrick Garcia

John Richard Petersen

Paramedic (uncredited)

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The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981) Original Trailer [HD]

Cast55 cast members

Robert Duvall

Treat Williams

Kathryn Harrold

Ed Flanders

Paul Gleason

R. G. Armstrong

Dorothy Fielding

Howard K. Smith

Karen Newhouse

Girl Friend in Stream

Nicolas Coster

Cooper Huckabee

Christopher Curry

Ramon Chavez

Stacy Newton

Pat Ast

Jack Dunlap

Brad Sergi

Michael Potter

Charles Benton

Mike Casper

James Lee

Henry Kendrick

James Wiers

Marc Jeffreys

D.G. Smilnak

David Adams

Charles Haigh

Stephen Blood

Tommy Ciulla

Richard Brown

Michael O’Hare

Robert Sola

Tom D. May

Sanford Gibbons

Lynn Radcliffe

Mearl Ross

Patrick Garcia

Gregory Suke

Jessica Garcia

Leigh Webb

Jim Clouse

David Falkosky

John Herold

Bill Townsend

Christine Dolny

Michael Goodsite

Glenda Young

Dave Gilbert

Bill Wittman

Conrad Marshall

Marsoupial

Diane Baldessari

Waitress (uncredited)

Roy Lewis Garton

Airline Passenger (uncredited)

Cliff Owens

Kid at Hamburger Stand (uncredited)

John Richard Petersen

Paramedic (uncredited)

Crew68 crew members

Roger Spottiswoode

Director

Jeffrey Alan Fiskin

Screenplay

Michael Taylor

Producer

Harry Stradling Jr.

Director of Photography

Charles F. Wheeler

Director of Photography

Gary Combs

Stunt Coordinator

Ron Shelton

Creative Consultant, Additional Writing, Associate Producer

Joel Silver

Creative Consultant

Doris Grau

Script Supervisor

James Horner

Original Music Composer

Buzz Kulik

Additional Writing, Director

W.D. Richter

Don Kranze

Dan Wigutow

J.D. Reed

Allan Jacobs

Robbe Roberts

Jennifer Jackson Part

Karen Rea

William Tennant

Ruth A. Redfern

E. Preston Ames

Mickey S. Michaels

R. Chris Westlund

Jean Austin

Larry Darr

John M. Elliott Jr.

Barbara Guedel

Gail Rowell-Ryan

Daniel Attias

Second Assistant Director

R. Anthony Brown

Second Assistant Director

Richard Learman

First Assistant Director

Louis S. Muscate

Second Assistant Director

Charles Bail

Yoram Ben-Ami

Tony Garber

Jimmy Ling

Bob Minkler

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Michael Minkler

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Al Overton Jr.

Sound Mixer

Bill Phillips

Supervising Sound Effects Editor

Ken S. Polk

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Hal Sanders

Bill Teague

Darryl Linkow

Bill Balles

Gene Grigg

Gilbert B. Combs

Alan Gibbs

Al Jones

Kathy Massengale

Jerry Meyers

Breck O'Neill

Michael Sammons

Art Scholl

Dean Raphael Ferrandini

Whitey Hughes

Robert D. McBride

Stan McClain

Richard Craig Meinardus

Victor Nikaido

Chris Schwiebert

Richard Tim Vanik

Don Nygren

Earl C. Williman

Doug Mathias

Don E. FauntLeRoy

Wayne Fitzgerald

Backdrops1 images

Posters9 images

Trailers1 video