The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper
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| Directed by | Roger Spottiswoode |
| Screenplay by | Jeffrey Alan Fiskin |
| Based on | Free Fall: A Novel by J.D. Reed |
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| Music by | James Horner |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $14 million |
| Box office | $3.7 million |
The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper is a 1981 American crime thriller film about infamous aircraft hijacker D. B. Cooper, who escaped with $200,000 after leaping from the back of a Boeing 727 airliner on November 24, 1971. The bulk of the film fictionalizes Cooper's escape after he landed on the ground.