Top Gun (1986)


Tom Cruise              Maverick
Kelly McGillis          Charlie
Val Kilmer              Ice
Anthony Edwards         Goose
Tom Skerritt            Viper
Michael Ironside        Jester
John Stockwell          Couger
Barry Tubb              Wolfman
Rick Rossovich          Slider
Tim Robbins             Merlin
Clarence Gilyard        Sundown
Whip Hubley             Hollywood
James Tolkan            Stinger
Meg Ryan                Carole
Adrian Pasdar           Chipper
Randall Brady           Lieutenant Davis
Duke Stroud (II)        Air Boss Johnson
Brian Sheehan           Sprawl

Directed by:            Tony Scott
Produced by:            Bill Badalato, Don Simpson, Jerry Bruckheimer


A young recruit aspires to become the top fighter pilot in the prestigious naval training 
school he attends. 

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Maverick is a hot pilot. When he encounters a pair of MiGs over the Persian Gulf, his wingman 
is clearly outflown and freaks. On almost no fuel, Maverick is able to talk him back down to 
the Carrier. When his wingman turns in his wings, Maverick is moved up in the standings and 
sent to the Top Gun Naval Flying School. There he fights the attitudes of the other pilots and 
an old story of his father's death in combat that killed others due to his father's error. 
Maverick struggles to be the best pilot, stepping on the toes of his other students and in a 
different way to Charlie, a civilian instructor to whom he is strongly attracted.