---
title: 'Hot Shots! (1991)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jim Abrahams'
released: '1991-07-31'
runtime_minutes: 82
genres:
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/hot-shots-1991'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102059/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Hot Shots! (1991)

1991 · 82 min · War · United States


## Synopsis

Hot Shots! is a 1991 American parody film directed by Jim Abrahams, co-writer and co-director of Airplane!, and written by Abrahams and Pat Proft. It stars Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino, Lloyd Bridges, Jon Cryer, Kevin Dunn, Kristy Swanson, Bill Irwin, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. The film is primarily a spoof of Top Gun, with some scenes spoofing other popular films, including 9½ Weeks, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Dances with Wolves, Marathon Man, Rocky, Superman, First Blood, and Gone with the Wind. A sequel, Hot Shots! Part Deux, was released in 1993, with Sheen, Golino, Bridges and Jerry Haleva reprising their roles.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Pat Proft](https://cinepixo.com/people/pat-proft), [Jim Abrahams](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-abrahams)
- **Producer:** [Pat Proft](https://cinepixo.com/people/pat-proft)
- **Director:** [Jim Abrahams](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-abrahams)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Sylvester Levay](https://cinepixo.com/people/sylvester-levay)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bill Butler](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-butler-2)

## Cast

- [Jerry Haleva](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-haleva)
- [Charles Barkley](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-barkley)
- [Kristy Swanson](https://cinepixo.com/people/kristy-swanson)
- [Don Lake](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-lake)
- [Ryan Cutrona](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryan-cutrona)
- [Cary Elwes](https://cinepixo.com/people/cary-elwes)
- [Heidi Swedberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/heidi-swedberg)
- [Bill Irwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-irwin)
- [Jimmie Ray Weeks](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmie-ray-weeks)
- [Sean Kanan](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-kanan)
- [Kevin Dunn](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-dunn)
- [Jon Cryer](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-cryer)
- [Valeria Golino](https://cinepixo.com/people/valeria-golino)
- [William O'Leary](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-o-leary)
- [Christopher Doyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-doyle)

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