After the death of a fellow bombardier, Jake “Cool Hand” Grafton (Brad Johnson) begins to question the morality behind war and his place in it. This sentiment finds him crossing paths with Virgil Cole (Willem Dafoe), a bombardier on his third tour of duty, and together they scheme to conduct an unauthorized air strike on Hanoi.

Bomber Pilots Make History

Flight of the Intruder boasts an early stand-out performance from Willem Dafoe, who really steals the scene as the war-hardened Virgil Cole. The rest of the cast also round out the production exceptionally well, despite the slight shortcomings of the script that made Flight of the Intruder a slight side-note in the history of aerial war films. However, there is still a lot of quality here, particularly for aviation enthusiasts, as its depiction of the Vietnam War aircraft, like the A-6 Intruder and Douglas Skyraider, put front and center for a lot of the action (Hot Shots! even took footage from the film). Stream Flight of The Intruder on Pluto TV.