American Flyers

American Flyers (1985) is a cycling drama from director John Badham you can watch online on iFILM, with a young Kevin Costner in one of his early leads.

Sports doctor Marcus (Costner) fears the brain-vessel disease that killed their father may be coming for him — and for his drifting younger brother David. To patch up the rift, he drags David to the Colorado Rockies for a punishing stage race through the mountains. Then Marcus's own health starts to slip. David Marshall Grant, Rae Dawn Chong and a teenage Jennifer Grey round out the cast.

The script comes from Steve Tesich, who also wrote the beloved cycling movie Breaking Away, and once again the pedals stand in for making peace with life. Catch Costner here a couple of years before The Untouchables made him a star. Stream American Flyers online on iFILM.