Cloud Dancer is a 1980 adventure drama film directed by Barry Brown

Barry Brown (director)

Barry Brown is an American film director. He has directed The Way We Live Now and Cloud Dancer .-External links:...

. It stars David Carradine

David Carradine

David Carradine was an American actor and martial artist, best known for his role as a warrior monk, Kwai Chang Caine, in the 1970s television series, Kung Fu, which later had a 1990s sequel series, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues...

, Jennifer O'Neill

Jennifer O'Neill

-Early life:O'Neill was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the daughter of a famous Spanish-Irish dental supply import/export businessman, Oscar D' O'Neill and his English wife. As a teenager, O'Neill worked as a fashion model and appeared in television commercials and on magazine covers before moving...

 and Joseph Bottoms

Joseph Bottoms

Joseph Bottoms is an American actor who won the 1975 Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actor for his role in The Dove...

. The film follows a competition aerobatic pilot. It had its premiere in Milwaukee on 29 May, 1980.

Plot

Brad (Carradine) is the World Champion aerobatic pilot but now in his early 40s, he faces many challenges to maintain his position. His physical struggles are heightened by the presence of a youthful competitor, Tom (Bottoms). Intertwined with Brad's professional struggles is his relationship with Helen (O'Neil).

Cast

• David Carradine
  David Carradine
  David Carradine was an American actor and martial artist, best known for his role as a warrior monk, Kwai Chang Caine, in the 1970s television series, Kung Fu, which later had a 1990s sequel series, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues...
  
   as Brad Randolph
• Jennifer O'Neill
  Jennifer O'Neill
  -Early life:O'Neill was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the daughter of a famous Spanish-Irish dental supply import/export businessman, Oscar D' O'Neill and his English wife. As a teenager, O'Neill worked as a fashion model and appeared in television commercials and on magazine covers before moving...
  
   as Helen St. Clair
• Joseph Bottoms
  Joseph Bottoms
  Joseph Bottoms is an American actor who won the 1975 Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actor for his role in The Dove...
  
   as Tom Loomis
• Colleen Camp
  Colleen Camp
  Colleen Celeste Camp is an American actress and film producer, known for her performances in two installments of the Police Academy series and as Yvette the Maid in the 1985 black comedy Clue. She was also the first actress to play Kristin Shepard in U.S. prime time soap opera Dallas in 1979.Camp...
  
   as Cindy
• Albert Salmi
  Albert Salmi
  Albert Salmi was an American actor.-Biography:Albert Salmi was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Finnish immigrant parents, and following a stint in the Army, took up acting as a career, studying Method acting with Lee Strasberg. In 1955, Salmi starred in Bus Stop on Broadway...
  
   as Ozzie Randolph
• Salome Jens
  Salome Jens
  Salome Jens is an American stage, film and television actress. She is perhaps best-known for portraying the Female Changeling on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.-Life and career:...
  
   as Jean Randolph
• Norman Alden
  Norman Alden
  Norman Alden is an American character actor who has performed in television programs and motion pictures since first appearing on The 20th Century Fox Hour in 1957. He provided the voice of Kay in The Sword in the Stone film in 1963 and received Oscar buzz for his role in I Never Promised You a...
  
   as Dr. Putnam
• Nina Van Pallandt
  Nina van Pallandt
  Nina, Baroness van Pallandt is a Danish singer and actress.-Personal life:Born Nina Magdelene Møller-Hasselbalch, she married Frederik, Baron van Pallandt in 1960. They formed a singing duo, Nina & Frederik, and achieved worldwide popularity with their calypso-style songs...
  
   as Caroline Sheldon
• James T. Callahan
  James T. Callahan
  James Thomas Callahan was an American film and television actor who appeared in more than 120 films and television shows between 1959 and 2007...
  
   as Walt Lawson
• Hoyt Axton
  Hoyt Axton
  Hoyt Wayne Axton was an American country music singer-songwriter, and a film and television actor. He became prominent in the early 1960s, establishing himself on the West Coast as a folk singer with an earthy style and powerful voice. As he matured, some of his songwriting efforts became well...
  
   as Brad's mechanic

Production

The film's technical advisor was former World Champion aerobatic pilot, Tom Poberezny

Tom Poberezny

Tom Poberezny , has been the Chairman of the annual Experimental Aircraft Association Fly-In and Convention from 1977 to 2011, and president of EAA from 1989 to 2010.Tom took over from his father Paul Poberezny who founded EAA in 1958....

. Crowd scenes were also shot at actual air shows in the Phoenix

Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...

area.