"John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam."
Sylvester Stallone
as John J. Rambo
Richard Crenna
as Col. Samuel Trautman
Charles Napier
as Marshall Murdock
Steven Berkoff
as Lt. Col. Podovsky
Julia Nickson
as Co Bao
Martin Kove
as Ericson
George Cheung
as Capt Vinh
Andy Wood
as Banks
William Ghent
as Capt. Vinh
Vojislav Govedarica
as Sgt. Yushin
Dana Lee
as Gunboat captain
Baoan Coleman
as Gunboat captain II
Steve Williams
as Lifer
Don Collins
as P.O.W. #1
Christopher Grant
as P.O.W. #2
John Sterlini
as P.O.W. #3
Alain Hocquenghem
as P.O.W. #4
William Rothlein
as P.O.W. #5
Tony Munafo
as Prison Guard
Tom Gehrke
as Russian Pilot
Mason Cardiff
as Russian Soldier
Roger Cudney
as Chief Radio Operator
Jeff Imada
as Tay's Soldier
John Pankow
as POW #6
John Sabol
as Radio Operator
George P. Cosmatos
Director
Screenplay
James Cameron
Buzz Feitshans
Producer
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Jack Cardiff
Director of Photography
Larry Bock
Editor
Mark Goldblatt
Mark Helfrich
Gib Jaffe
Frank E. Jimenez
Rhonda Young
Casting
Bill Kenney
Production Design
William Ladd Skinner
Set Decoration
Sig Tingloff
Tom Bronson
Costume Design
Kay Cole
Hairstylist
Fred J. Brown
Supervising Sound Editor
Kenneth Hall
Music Editor
Denise Horta
Sound Editor
Thomas L. Fisher
Special Effects Coordinator
Jay King
Special Effects
Diamond Farnsworth
Stunt Coordinator
Simone Boisseree
Stunts
Phil Chong
Steve Kelso
Danny Costa
Brad Bovee
George Fisher
Joseph Hieu
Eric Lee
Harry Mok
Robert Jauregui
Vernon Rieta
Mike Johnson
Ben Scott
John-Clay Scott
Bill M. Ryusaki
Anthony Cecere
Mark De Alessandro
Stunt Double
Bertha Chiu
Elvira Oropeza
Makeup Artist
Pamela S. Westmore
Leonard Engelman
Makeup Designer
Fred Rollin
First Assistant Director
Production Manager
Roy Barnes
Assistant Art Director
Howard Hester
Construction Coordinator
Dennis Butterworth
Greensman
Dennis J. Parrish
Property Master
Martín Cárdenas Moreno
Ward Welton
Set Painter
Juno J. Ellis
ADR Editor
Michelle Pleis
Assistant Sound Editor
Michele Sharp
David W. Gray
Dolby Consultant
Rick Kline
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Donald O. Mitchell
Kevin O'Connell
Margie O'Malley
Foley Artist
William Purcell
Cliff Wenger Jr.
Loren Janes
Bruno Colanzi
Best Boy Grip
Franco Bruni
Camera Operator
Peter MacDonald
Aerial Director of Photography
Salvador 'Apache' Serrano
Dolly Grip
Massimiliano Sano
First Assistant Camera
Luciano Leoni
Gaffer
Mariano García Cabrera
Aldo Colanzi
Key Grip
Dave Friedman
Still Photographer
Jesús Guerrero
Donna Rosenstein
Casting Associate
Shelley Brown
Assistant Editor
Florent Danny Retz
Hilarie Roope
Ron South
Robert Raring
Color Timer
Donah Bassett
Negative Cutter
Harry Hauss
Pilot
Ross Reynolds
Jeanne Scott
Script Supervisor
Karl A. Wickman
Ken Sylvia
Unit Publicist
David Morrell
Characters
Mel Dellar
Associate Producer
Patrick Kinney
Second Assistant Director
Juan Clemente Prosper
Location Manager
Erick Feitshans
Production Assistant
John Cardiff
Fiorangelo Plocco
Best Boy Electrician
Arthur Morton
Orchestrator
Terry Collis
Transportation Coordinator
Moe Blay
Driver
Donald Collis
Vic Cuccia
Bob Dewitt
Joe Dugan
Kendall A. Reed
Michael Stevenson
Charlie Davidson
Production Controller
Jim Davidson
Production Accountant
Mario Kassar
Executive Producer
Andrew G. Vajna
Kevin Jarre
Story
Rob Young
Sound Mixer