Col. Cal Rhodes
Gene Hackman
Wilkes
Fred Ward
Frank Rhodes
Todd Allen
Helen Rhodes
Gail Strickland
Blaster
Reb Brown
Mrs. Wilkes
Jane Kaczmarek
Mrs. MacGregor
Gloria Stroock
Ferryman
Jeremy Kemp
Mai Ling
Debi Parker
Sen. Hastings
Charles Aidman
Mrs. Charts
Constance Forslund
Gericault
Jan Tříska
MacGregor
Robert Stack
Blaster's Assistant
Michael Dudikoff
Medic #1
Emmett Dennis III
G.I. #1
Charles Faust
G.I. #2
Dave Austin
Guard #1
Le Tuan
CIA Agent
James Edgcomb
Jail Guard
Ken Farmer
Mr. Ky
Tad Horino
Helicopter Pilot
Bruce Paul Barbour
P.O.W. #1
Steve Solberg
Kevin Scott
Patrick Swayze
P.O.W. #2
Laurence Neber
P.O.W. #3
Don Mantooth
Frank at 9
Jerry Supiran
Kid #1
Brett Johnson
Kid #2
Barret Oliver
Kid #3
Marcello Krakoff
Kid #4
Justin Bayly
Kid #5
Kevin Brando
Kid #6
Angela Lee Sloan
Orderly
Juan Fernández
Johnson
Harold Sylvester
Secretary
Darwyn Carson
Reporter
Nancy Linari
David Dangler
American Soldiers
Joseph Dypwick
William S. Hamilton
Napoleon Hendrix
Chip Lally
Michael P. May
Tom Randa
Larry Charles White
Sailor
Randall "Tex" Cobb
Son (uncredited)
Michael Endoso
Reporter (uncredited)
Sig Frohlich
Rorion Gracie
Father of POW (uncredited)
Scott Perry
Tom Willett
Charts
Tim Thomerson
Lai Fun
Alice Lau Nga-Lai
Jiang
Kwan Hi Lim
Paul MacGregor
Kelly Junkerman
Second Assistant Director
Richard H. Prince
Author
Wings Hauser
Associate Producer
Camera Operator
Thomas Laughridge
Stunts
Pat Romano
Thomas Rosales Jr.
Casting
Lynn Stalmaster
Director
Ted Kotcheff
Executive Producer
Original Music Composer
James Horner
Kenny Endoso
Stunt Coordinator
Conrad E. Palmisano
Second Unit Director
Producer
John Milius
Director of Photography
Stephen H. Burum
Makeup Artist
Michael Westmore
Art Direction
Jack G. Taylor Jr.
Editor
Mark Melnick
Production Design
James L. Schoppe
Set Decoration
John H. Anderson
George Gaines
Joe Gayton
Buzz Feitshans
Monty Westmore
Douglas Ryan
First Assistant Director
Craig Huston
Costume Supervisor
George L. Little
Hairstylist
Lynda Gurasich
Michael St. Hilaire
Joe R. Marquette Jr.
Costumer
Dan Chichester
Michael Gershman
Burton Elias
Violet N. Cane
Pamela M. Eilerson
First Assistant Camera
Baird Steptoe
Additional Director of Photography
Ric Waite
Dorothy Byrne
Kim Guthrie
Special Effects Coordinator
Joe Lombardi
Sound Effects Editor
Michele Sharp
Script Supervisor
Joanie Blum
Second Assistant Camera
Jerry D. Good
Still Photographer
Bruce W. Talamon
Assistant Sound Editor
Juno J. Ellis
Darren T. Holmes
Dolly Grip
John Hennessey
Jack N. Green
Michael G. Riba
Michael R. Marquette
Key Grip
Tom May
Second Unit Director of Photography
Frank M. Holgate
Property Master
Douglas T. Madison
Fred Stafford
Bub Asman
Assistant Editor
Christopher Koefoed
Pilot
Karl A. Wickman
Unit Publicist
Eric Myers
Tony Garber
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Don MacDougall
Gaffer
Tim Griffith
James W. Gavin
Sound Mixer
Joe Kenworthy
Stan Siegel
Title Designer
Dan Curry
Music Editor
Kenneth Karman
Orchestrator
Greig McRitchie
Construction Coordinator
Cal DiValerio
Richard Tyler
Scoring Mixer
Eric Tomlinson
Transportation Coordinator
Dale Henry
Martin G. Beazell
John L. Mack
Unit Production Manager
Mel Dellar
Ross Reynolds