The Gypsy Moths

What kind of men make their living by falling out of airplanes? Men like stunt skydivers Mike Rettig and is two partners, that's who.


Burt Lancaster (as Rettig), Gene Hackman and Scott Wilson play the threesome who are like moths drawn to the flame of risk... although their passion for it is beginning to fade. Director John Frankenheimer (Ronin) pulls the cinematic rip cord to unleash bravura aerial sequences. And Deborah Kerr, 16 years after being famously swept up in the surf and Lancaster's embrace in From Here To Eternity, plays the neglected Kansas housewife drawn to Rettig's brawny charm. All eyes on the skies. Here come the Gypsy Moths!