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The Great Waldo Pepper

After WW1, an ex-pilot takes up barn-storming and chance-meets a former German ace fighter pilot with whom he co-stars in Hollywood war movies depicting aerial dog-fights.

Director

George Roy Hill

Year

Genre

adventure, drama

Box Office

$20,642,922

Production

Universal Pictures

Awards

N/A

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Waldo Pepper

Axel Olsson

Ernst Kessler

Mary Beth

Newt

Ezra Stiles

Edward Herrmann

Dillhoefer

Werfel

Patsy

Kelly Jean Peters

Maude

Duke

Ace

James S. Appleby

Scooter

Patrick W. Henderson Jr.

Farmer

James N. Harrell

Farmer's Wife

Farmer's Daughter

Director, Western Set

Western Star

Director, Spanish Set

Policeman

German Star

Lawrence P. Casey

Assistant Director

Kenny E. Bishop

Carnival Specrator

Spectator

Farmer

Farmer in Crowd

Harvey Christiansen

Country Man in Restaurant

William Creamer

Minor Role

City Woman in Restaurant

Carny Barker

Poth Farmer #2

Farmer at Fence #1

Robert S. Holman

Country Woman in Restaurant

Air show attendee

Man in Crowd

Patrick G. Koerber

Ruby

Boy from Poth

James Patrick Lockett

Poth Farmer #1

Richard A. Meyer

Airport Mechanic

City Man in Restaurant

Doctor

Farmer at Fence #2

James Rosborough

Red Baron

Little Falls Farmer

George W. Smyth

Theater Manager

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Dillhoefer Duke Waldo Pepper Mary Beth Ezra Stiles Axel Olsson

Come on, Mike! - The Great Waldo Pepper

And when you die and Saint Peter says to you - The Great Waldo Pepper

And when you die and Saint Peter says to you

Go ahead, get in.
But what if
I don't like it? - The Great Waldo Pepper

Go ahead, get in. But what if I don't like it?

Okay. - The Great Waldo Pepper

No, no, no.
I've changed my mind. - The Great Waldo Pepper

No, no, no. I've changed my mind.

Yes, sir, now who
do we have here? - The Great Waldo Pepper

Yes, sir, now who do we have here?

What about my free ride? - The Great Waldo Pepper

What about my free ride?

No he just would rather fall to his death and than burn going down - The Great Waldo Pepper

No he just would rather fall to his death and than burn...

AXEL: I can take
you folks high or low,
fast or slow, - The Great Waldo Pepper

AXEL: I can take you folks high or low, fast or slow,

All right, folks,
never mind. - The Great Waldo Pepper

All right, folks, never mind.

AXEL: Excuse me, folks. - The Great Waldo Pepper

AXEL: Excuse me, folks.

My partner and I
have a little surprise
planned for you folks. - The Great Waldo Pepper

My partner and I have a little surprise planned for you folk...

That's his signal, folks. - The Great Waldo Pepper

That's his signal, folks.

AXEL: Hey, you!
Come back here! - The Great Waldo Pepper

AXEL: Hey, you! Come back here!

That was a mistake. - The Great Waldo Pepper

That was a mistake.

You like movies? - The Great Waldo Pepper

You like movies?

MARY BETH: No, no!
(GASPING)
Don't worry. Don't worry. - The Great Waldo Pepper

MARY BETH: No, no! (GASPING) Don't worry. Don't wo...

You didn't? - The Great Waldo Pepper

What are you doin' here Ezra It's gonna be a monoplane - The Great Waldo Pepper

What are you doin' here Ezra It's gonna be a...

Four! - The Great Waldo Pepper

WOMAN: Yoo-hoo!
Hey! Yoo-hoo! - The Great Waldo Pepper

WOMAN: Yoo-hoo! Hey! Yoo-hoo!

You got to slow it down.
I can't, I'll stall out
if I go any slower. - The Great Waldo Pepper

You got to slow it down. I can't, I'll stall out i...

I don't want to be
a stickler for accuracy,
but you're just flying, - The Great Waldo Pepper

I don't want to be a stickler for accuracy, but you...

What about Maudie?
You told her?
No. - The Great Waldo Pepper

What about Maudie? You told her? No.

Go on, go on. - The Great Waldo Pepper

(DOOR BANGING) - The Great Waldo Pepper

You bastard!
You rotten bastard! - The Great Waldo Pepper

You bastard! You rotten bastard!

I'm sorry, Waldo.
I don't know
what got into me. - The Great Waldo Pepper

I'm sorry, Waldo. I don't know what got into me.

I really do
love you, Maudie. - The Great Waldo Pepper

I really do love you, Maudie.

EZRA: Now you got
to remember that this
thing is so different - The Great Waldo Pepper

EZRA: Now you got to remember that this thing is so differen...

Come on, now.
Look. We flipped
and you lost. - The Great Waldo Pepper

Come on, now. Look. We flipped and you lost.

We gotta find out
if we can do this. - The Great Waldo Pepper

We gotta find out if we can do this.

Come on back. - The Great Waldo Pepper

I didn't like it much! - The Great Waldo Pepper

I didn't like it much!

WALDO: Hey,
take the stick. - The Great Waldo Pepper

WALDO: Hey, take the stick.

DILLHOEFER: Ladies
and gentlemen! - The Great Waldo Pepper

DILLHOEFER: Ladies and gentlemen!

Folks, I always
tell the boys - The Great Waldo Pepper

Folks, I always tell the boys

Then it's yes Honey Don't let him bully you - The Great Waldo Pepper

Then it's yes Honey Don't let him bully you

All right. All right! - The Great Waldo Pepper

All right. All right!

Now, honey, now! - The Great Waldo Pepper

Now, honey, now!

They're coming out! - The Great Waldo Pepper

They're coming out!

She's frozen.
Come on! - The Great Waldo Pepper

She's frozen. Come on!

What are they doin'?
How the hell do I know
what they're doin'? - The Great Waldo Pepper

What are they doin'? How the hell do I know what they&#...

We're both gonna die
if you stay out there! - The Great Waldo Pepper

We're both gonna die if you stay out there!

I'm going across. - The Great Waldo Pepper

I'm going across.

Mary Beth,
I'm gonna help you. - The Great Waldo Pepper

Mary Beth, I'm gonna help you.

Jesus! - The Great Waldo Pepper

I almost had her. - The Great Waldo Pepper

I almost had her.

Waldo, you're the
greatest natural flyer
I've ever seen in my life. - The Great Waldo Pepper

Waldo, you're the greatest natural flyer I've ever...

MAN: (SHOUTING) Come on!
Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! - The Great Waldo Pepper

MAN: (SHOUTING) Come on! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!

Waldo, - The Great Waldo Pepper

Are you ready? - The Great Waldo Pepper

Ladies and gentlemen,
for the first time - The Great Waldo Pepper

Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time

He's over the
top now folks, - The Great Waldo Pepper

He's over the top now folks,

He's not gonna
make it, is he? - The Great Waldo Pepper

He's not gonna make it, is he?

WALDO: Don't let
it hang there. - The Great Waldo Pepper

WALDO: Don't let it hang there.

Now power! Now power! - The Great Waldo Pepper

Now power! Now power!

(EXPLOSION) - The Great Waldo Pepper

What the hell
is he doin'? - The Great Waldo Pepper

What the hell is he doin'?

You can come work
for me if you want to. - The Great Waldo Pepper

You can come work for me if you want to.

No, thanks, Newt. - The Great Waldo Pepper

No, thanks, Newt.

What do you think
about Kessler? - The Great Waldo Pepper

What do you think about Kessler?

Well, - The Great Waldo Pepper

Hey. - The Great Waldo Pepper

Goodbye, Pepper. - The Great Waldo Pepper

Goodbye, Pepper.

God knows Werfel
pays his pilots big. - The Great Waldo Pepper

God knows Werfel pays his pilots big.

WERFEL: These are the outtakes
on that scene where Dick
had that piece of bad luck. - The Great Waldo Pepper

WERFEL: These are the outtakes on that scene where Dick had ...

Perhaps we'll have
a chance to fly together. - The Great Waldo Pepper

Perhaps we'll have a chance to fly together.

I was not spying. - The Great Waldo Pepper

I was not spying.

Is it secured? - The Great Waldo Pepper

Now, when you pull
the smoke pot,
keep it going - The Great Waldo Pepper

Now, when you pull the smoke pot, keep it going

I suppose you
could not pull
your chute at all, - The Great Waldo Pepper

I suppose you could not pull your chute at all,

Guess who's still alive Me - The Great Waldo Pepper

Guess who's still alive Me

AXEL: That's the one!
(LAUGHS) We got it. - The Great Waldo Pepper

AXEL: That's the one! (LAUGHS) We got it.

Hey, you gonna come and
have a drink with us? - The Great Waldo Pepper

Hey, you gonna come and have a drink with us?

Do you see him? - The Great Waldo Pepper

Do you see him?

Well, what
do you think? - The Great Waldo Pepper

Well, what do you think?

All right. We're gonna start
with some independent passes
over the camera ship. - The Great Waldo Pepper

All right. We're gonna start with some independent pass...

Who's flying
with Kessler? - The Great Waldo Pepper

Who's flying with Kessler?

I don't understand.
What are they doing? - The Great Waldo Pepper

I don't understand. What are they doing?

Come on, Waldo,
shake him! - The Great Waldo Pepper

Come on, Waldo, shake him!

Well, get a camera
on them, will you. - The Great Waldo Pepper

Well, get a camera on them, will you.

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After WW1, an ex-pilot takes up barn-storming and chance-meets a former German ace fighter pilot with whom he co-stars in Hollywood war movies depicting aerial dog-fights.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: George Roy Hill

Writer: George Roy Hill, William Goldman

Production: Universal Pictures

Genre: adventure, drama

Year: 1975

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.7

BoxOffice: $20,642,922

Released: 13 Mar 1975

Awards: N/A

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