The Great Waldo Pepper is a 1975 drama film directed, produced, and co-written by George Roy Hill. Set during 1926–1931, the film stars Robert Redford as a disaffected World War I veteran pilot who missed the opportunity to fly in combat and his sense of dislocation post-war in the America of the early 1920s. The cast also includes Margot Kidder, Bo Svenson, Edward Herrmann andSusan Sarandon. The Great Waldo Pepper basically depicts barnstorming activity in the 1920s and the accidents that led toaviation regulations by the Air Commerce Act.