"Jake died in Vietnam; his family mourned him, then moved on. When he reappears, quite alive, the question is, what must he do and how will his family respond to him?"
Kris Kristofferson
as Jake
JoBeth Williams
as Sarah
Sam Waterston
as Woody
Brian Keith
as Harry Robins
Thomas Wilson Brown
as Tyler
Trey Wilson
as Colonel Barnes
John Marshall Jones
as Dwayne
Ken Pogue
as Senator Camden
Kieu Chinh
as Leang
Larry Reynolds
as Dr. Quayle
Franklin J. Schaffner
Director
Richard L. McCullough
Assistant Editor
Maggie Kleinman
Writer
Henry Mancini
Original Music Composer
Don Carmody
Producer
Martin Ransohoff
Fred J. Koenekamp
Director of Photography
Robert Swink
Editor
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Dan Yarhi
Production Design
Dennis Davenport
Art Direction
Shelley Cook
Utility Stunts
Rocco Gismondi
Second Assistant Director
Charlie Sungkawess
Dwayne McLean
Stunt Coordinator
David Neil Trifunovich
Special Effects Supervisor
Dennis Lundin
Stunts
Steve Lucescu
John Stoneham Jr.