Cast and credits
| Year: | 1979 | |
| Running time: | 118 min. 146 min. (extended cut) | |
| Country: | United States | |
| Language: | English | |
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| Directed by |
Steven Spielberg |
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| Screenplay by |
Robert Zemeckis Bob Gale |
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| Story by |
Robert Zemeckis Bob Gale John Milius |
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| Cast: | ||
| Sgt. Frank Tree | Dan Aykroyd | |
| Ward Douglas | Ned Beatty | |
| Capt. Wild Bill Kelso | John Belushi | |
| Joan Douglas | Lorraine Gary | |
| Wally Stephens | Bobby Di Cicco | |
| Claude Crumn | Murray Hamilton | |
| Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt | Christopher Lee | |
| Capt. Loomis Birkhead | Tim Matheson | |
| Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura | Toshirô Mifune | |
| Col. Madman Maddox | Warren Oates | |
| Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell | Robert Stack | |
| Cpl. Chuck Stretch Sitarski | Treat Williams | |
| Donna Stratton | Nancy Allen | |
| Pvt. Foley | John Candy | |
| The Patron (Dexter) | Elisha Cook, Jr. | |
| Herbie Kazlminsky | Eddie Deezen | |
| Lydia Hedberg | Patti LuPone | |
| Pvt. Ogden Johnson Jones | Frank McRae | |
| Hollis P. Wood | Slim Pickens | |
| Maxine Dexheimer | Wendie Jo Sperber | |
| Angelo Scioli | Lionel Stander | |
| Mr. Malcomb | Dub Taylor | |
| Willy | Michael McKean | |
| Polar Bear Woman | Susan Backlinie | |
| Interceptor Commander | Samuel Fuller | |
| Maddoxs Soldier | Robert Houston | |
| USO Girl | Audrey Landers | |
| Mizerany | John Landis | |
| Officer Miller | Dick Miller | |
| Reese | Mickey Rourke | |
| Babyface | Andy Tennant | |
| Salesman | Sydney Lassick | |
| Sailor in Fight | James Caan | |
| Miss Fitzroy | Penny Marshall | |
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| Director of photography |
William A. Fraker |
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| Executive Producer |
John Milius |
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| Music composed by |
John Williams |
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| Costume Designer |
Deborah Nadoolman |
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| Edited by |
Michael Kahn |
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