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Nothing by Chance

A Barnstorming Summer in Middle America
Jan 31, 1975 · 1h 33m
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PLOT

One summer in Cook, Nebraska, a group of part-time pilots decide to recreate a 1920s-style "barnstorming" flying tour. Calling themselves the "Great Flying Circus," they travel the American Midwest giving rides for three dollars and talking to the small-town characters they encounter. During their travels they meet an old man who is convinced that tornadoes are being generated because the astronauts landed on the moon, and a small boy who is willing to spend an entire day washing the planes for a few minutes of flying. Along the way, the men rediscover small-town America.

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CAST

Hugh Downs
Self - Narrator
Richard D. Bach
Self
Jack Brown
Self
Chris Cagle
Self
Stuart Macpherson
Self
Glenn Norman
Self
Directed by William H. Barnett

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Creature Enterprises, Ravlin Productions
Country
US

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