Movie · 1991
Hot Shots!
“The mother of all movies.”
Released 31 July 1991 85 min Action / Comedy / War More from 1991 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
The gang that created Airplane! and The Naked Gun sets its sights on Top Gun in this spoof. Topper Harley is a talented but unstable fighter pilot with an axe to grind: clearing the family name. His mission is to avenge his father and save a mission sabotaged by greedy weapons manufacturers. He also gets involved in a relationship with Ramada Thompson, a woman with an unusually talented stomach. Hot Shots! makes fun of a variety of other films, from Dances with Wolves to The Fabulous Baker Boys.
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How old were they?
Lloyd Bridges
as Admiral Benson
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
as Wilson
Jimmie Ray Weeks
as Amish Man
Pat Proft
as Lawrence Lipps
Bill Irwin
as Buzz Harley
Annie O'Donnell
as Amish Woman
Bruce A. Young
as 'Red' Herring
Kevin Dunn
as Lt. Commander Block
Don Lake
as Doctor
Cylk Cozart
as Drill Sergeant #1
William O'Leary
as Pete 'Dead Meat' Thompson
Cary Elwes
as Kent Gregory
Jon Cryer
as Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach
Charlie Sheen
as Topper Harley / Rhett Butler / Superman
Valeria Golino
as Ramada Thompson / Scarlett O'Hara / Lois Lane
Heidi Swedberg
as Mrs. 'Dead Meat' Thompson
Kristy Swanson
as Kowalski
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The numbers
57years between the oldest and youngest billed
78Lloyd Bridges — oldest on the call sheet
21Kristy Swanson — youngest billed
38average age of the credited cast