Director: Tony Scott

Writers: Jim Cash; Jack Epps, Jr.

Music Score by: Harold Faltermeyer

Producers: Don Simpson; Jerry Bruckheimer

Keywords: Drama, Cold War

Tom Cruise is Pete Mitchell, "Maverick", at the U.S. Navy school for elite fighter pilots. Also enrolled are Anthony Edwards as Goose, Mitchell's only friend; Val Kilmer as Iceman, a rival pilot. Formulaic, end-to-end clichés, obvious homoerotic subtext despite Meg Ryan's presence, a surplus of aerial fight scenes; it shows very much as a product of the Reagan 1980s that has become quite dated. Box office smash at the time, earning over $170M by the end of 1986.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Tom Cruise	Actor	3-Jul-1962		Flamboyant Scientologist
Anthony Edwards	Actor	19-Jul-1962		Dr. Mark Greene on ER
Clarence Gilyard	Actor	24-Dec-1955		Conrad McMasters on Matlock
Whip Hubley	Actor	28-Aug-1958		Russkies
Michael Ironside	Actor	12-Feb-1950		Scanners, Top Gun, Starship Troopers
Val Kilmer	Actor	31-Dec-1959		Real Genius
Kelly McGillis	Actor	9-Jul-1957		Love interest in Top Gun
Adrian Pasdar	Actor	30-Apr-1965		Heroes
Tim Robbins	Actor	16-Oct-1958		The Player, Jacob's Ladder
Rick Rossovich	Actor	28-Aug-1957		Navy Seals
Meg Ryan	Actor	19-Nov-1961		Sleepless In Seattle
Tom Skerritt	Actor	25-Aug-1933		Viper in Top Gun
John Stockwell	Actor	25-Mar-1961		Cougar in Top Gun
James Tolkan	Actor	20-Jun-1931		Back to the Future
Barry Tubb	Actor	13-Feb-1963		Lonesome Dove

CAST

Tom Cruise	...   Maverick
Kelly McGillis	...   Charlie
Val Kilmer	...   Ice
Anthony Edwards	...   Goose
Tom Skerritt	...   Viper
Michael Ironside	...   Jester
John Stockwell	...   Cougar
Barry Tubb	...   Wolfman
Rick Rossovich	...   Slider
Tim Robbins	...   Merlin
Clarence Gilyard	...   Sundown
Co-Starring
Whip Hubley	...   Hollywood
James Tolkan	...   Stinger
Meg Ryan	...   Carole
Adrian Pasdar	...   Chipper
Randall Brady	...   Lt. Davis
Duke Stroud	...   Air Boss Johnson
Brian Sheehan	...   Sprawl
Ron Clark	...   Inquiry Commander
Frank Pesce	...   Bartender
Pete Pettigrew	...   Perry Siedenthal
Troy Hunter	...   Radio Operator
Linda Rae Jurgens	...   Mrs. Metcalf
Adm. T. J. Cassidy	...   Himself

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