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