Francis Ford Coppola	...	(Director)
Joseph Conrad, John Milius, Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Herr	...	(Writer)
Marlon Brando	...	Colonel Walter E. Kurtz
Martin Sheen	...	Captain Benjamin L. Willard
Robert Duvall	...	Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
Frederic Forrest	...	Jay 'Chef' Hicks
Sam Bottoms	...	Lance B. Johnson
Laurence Fishburne	...	Tyrone 'Clean' Miller (as Larry Fishburne)
Albert Hall	...	Chief Phillips
Harrison Ford	...	Colonel Lucas
Dennis Hopper	...	Photojournalist
G.D. Spradlin	...	General Corman
Jerry Ziesmer	...	Jerry, Civilian
Scott Glenn	...	Lieutenant Richard M. Colby
Bo Byers	...	MP Sergeant #1
James Keane	...	Kilgore's Gunner
Kerry Rossall	...	Mike from San Diego
Carmine Coppola	...	Composer
Francis Ford Coppola	...	Composer
Vittorio Storaro	...	Cinematographer
Lisa Fruchtman	...	Editor
Gerald B. Greenberg	...	Editor
Walter Murch	...	Editor
Ron McQueen	...	Injured Soldier
Tom Mason	...	Supply Sergeant
Cynthia Wood	...	Playmate of the Year
Colleen Camp	...	Playmate, Miss May
Linda Carpenter	...	Playmate
Jack Thibeau	...	Soldier in Trench
Glenn Walken	...	Lieutenant Carlsen
George Cantero	...	Soldier with Suitcase
Damien Leake	...	Machine Gunner
Herb Rice	...	Roach
William Upton	...	Spotter
Larry Carney	...	MP Sergeant #2
Marc Coppola	...	AFRS Announcer
Daniel Kiewit	...	Major from New Jersey
Father Elias	...	Catholic Priest
Bill Graham	...	Agent
Hattie Bell	...	Mrs. Miller, Clean's Mother
Jerry Ross	...	Johnny from Malibu
Dick White	...	Helicopter Pilot
Christian Marquand	...	Hubert de Marais (Redux and Final Cut versions only)
Aurore Clément	...	Roxanne Sarrault (Redux and Final Cut versions only)
Michel Pitton	...	Philippe de Marais(Redux and Final Cut versions only)
Frank Villard	...	Gaston de Marais (Redux and Final Cut versions only)
David Olivier	...	Christian de Marais (Redux and Final Cut versions only)
Chrystel Le Pelletier	...	Claudine (Redux and Final Cut versions only)
Robert Julian	...	The Tutor (Redux and Final Cut versions only)
Yvon LeSeaux	...	Sergeant Le Fevre (Redux and Final Cut versions only)
Roman Coppola	...	Francis de Marais (Redux and Final Cut versions only)
Gian-Carlo Coppola	...	Gilles de Marais (Redux and Final Cut versions only)
Henri Sadardeil	...	French Soldier #1 (Redux and Final Cut versions only)
Gilbert Renkens	...	French Soldier #2 (Redux and Final Cut versions only)
Don Gordon Bell	...	Radio Operator
R. Lee Ermey	...	Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot
Joe Estevez	...	Captain Benjamin L. Willard
Larry Franco	...	Soldier Clinging to Helicopter
Jim Gaines	...	Extra
Harvey Keitel	...	Captain Benjamin L. Willard (boat departure scene)
Paul Lambert	...	Messenger for Willard
Evan A. Lottman	...	Soldier
Nick Nicholson	...	Soldier
Linn Phillips III	...	Guitarist in Band
Charles Robinson	...	Soldier with Colby
Sebastián Roque	...	Tribal Child
Pierre Segui	...	French Soldier (Redux and Final Cut versions only)
Henry Strzalkowski	...	Bit Part
Lonnie 'Lono' Woodley	...	Helicopter Skid Marine

Comments: No denying it. So much passion went into the making of this film it drips off the screen.

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Summary: Based on Joseph Conrad's Heart Of Darkness, this is a controversial addition to the multitude of Vietnam war movies in existence. Set in 1969 Vietnam, we follow U.S. Special Forces Captain Willard on his mission up a river into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade Green Beret who has set himself up as a God among a local tribe.