"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
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Larry Bock
Editor
Mark Helfrich
William Ladd Skinner
Set Decoration
Sig Tingloff
Diamond Farnsworth
Stunt Coordinator
Jack Cardiff
Director of Photography
Gib Jaffe
Frank E. Jimenez
Rhonda Young
Casting
Bill Kenney
Production Design
Thomas L. Fisher
Special Effects Coordinator
Tom Bronson
Costume Design
Simone Boisseree
Stunts
James Cameron
Screenplay
Phil Chong
Kay Cole
Hairstylist
Fred J. Brown
Supervising Sound Editor
Buzz Feitshans
Producer
Denise Horta
Sound Editor
Jay King
Special Effects
Kenneth Hall
Music Editor
Mark Goldblatt
Steve Kelso
Joseph Hieu
Mike Johnson
Harry Mok
Mark De Alessandro
Danny Costa
George Fisher
Eric Lee
Robert Jauregui
John-Clay Scott
Anthony Cecere
Ben Scott
Bill M. Ryusaki
Brad Bovee
Vernon Rieta
Stunt Double
Martín Cárdenas Moreno
Property Master
Bertha Chiu
Leonard Engelman
Makeup Designer
Michele Sharp
Rick Kline
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Loren Janes
Fred Rollin
Production Manager
Roy Barnes
Assistant Art Director
Michelle Pleis
Assistant Sound Editor
Kevin O'Connell
Ward Welton
Set Painter
David W. Gray
Dolby Consultant
Donald O. Mitchell
Jesús Guerrero
Robert Raring
Color Timer
Jeanne Scott
Script Supervisor
Franco Bruni
Camera Operator
Luciano Leoni
Gaffer
Donna Rosenstein
Casting Associate
Harry Hauss
Pilot
Elvira Oropeza
Makeup Artist
Margie O'Malley
Foley Artist
Pamela S. Westmore
Dennis J. Parrish
Ross Reynolds
Ken Sylvia
Unit Publicist
First Assistant Director
Cliff Wenger Jr.
Florent Danny Retz
Assistant Editor
Juno J. Ellis
ADR Editor
Peter MacDonald
Aerial Director of Photography
Salvador 'Apache' Serrano
Dolly Grip
Shelley Brown
Howard Hester
Construction Coordinator
William Purcell
Hilarie Roope
Karl A. Wickman
Mariano García Cabrera
Bruno Colanzi
Best Boy Grip
Massimiliano Sano
First Assistant Camera
Aldo Colanzi
Key Grip
Dennis Butterworth
Greensman
Dave Friedman
Still Photographer
Ron South
Donah Bassett
Negative Cutter
David Morrell
Characters
Erick Feitshans
Production Assistant
Terry Collis
Transportation Coordinator
Mel Dellar
Associate Producer
Vic Cuccia
Driver
Arthur Morton
Orchestrator
Bob Dewitt
Fiorangelo Plocco
Best Boy Electrician
Donald Collis
John Cardiff
Moe Blay
Kendall A. Reed
Charlie Davidson
Production Controller
Jim Davidson
Production Accountant
Patrick Kinney
Second Assistant Director
Juan Clemente Prosper
Location Manager
Joe Dugan
Michael Stevenson
Kevin Jarre
Story
Mario Kassar
Executive Producer
Andrew G. Vajna
Rob Young
Sound Mixer