Apocalypse Now (1979) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

Cast

• Martin Sheen as Captain Benjamin Willard
• Marlon Brando as Colonel Walter Kurtz
• Frederic Forrest as Jay 'Chef' Hicks
• Albert Hall as Chief Phillips
• Laurence Fishburne as Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
• Sam Bottoms as Lance B. Johnson
• Robert Duvall as Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
• G.D. Spradlin as General Corman
• Harrison Ford as Colonel
• Jerry Ziesmer as Jerry, Civilian
• Scott Glenn as Lieutenant Richard M. Colby
• Kerry Rossall as Mike from San Diego
• James Keane as Kilgore's Gunner
• Tom Mason as Supply Sergeant
• Cynthia Wood as Playmate of the Year
• Dennis Hopper as Photojournalist
• Colleen Camp as Miss May
• Linda Carpenter as Playmate
• Aurore Clément as Roxanne Sarrault
• Jack Thibeau as Soldier in Trench
• Glenn Walken as Lieutenant Carlsen
• Damien Leake as Machine Gunner
• Marc Coppola as AFRS Announcer
• Bill Graham as Agent
• Herb Rice as Roach
• Jerry Ross as Johnny from Malibu / Mike from San Diego
• Charles Robinson as Soldier with Colby (uncredited)
• Nick Nicholson as Soldier (uncredited)
• Don Gordon Bell as Soldier (uncredited)
• R. Lee Ermey as Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
• Jim Gaines as Extra (uncredited)
• Vittorio Storaro as TV Photographer (uncredited)
• Evan A. Lottman as Soldier (uncredited)
• Francis Ford Coppola as Director of TV Crew (uncredited)
• Henry Strzalkowski as Bit Part (uncredited)
• William Upton as Spotter
• George Cantero as Soldier with Suitcase
• Joe Estevez as Captain Benjamin L. Willard (voice) (uncredited)
• Bo Byers as MP Sergeant #1
• Christian Marquand as Hubert de Marais

Crew

• Francis Ford Coppola — Producer
• Francis Ford Coppola — Director
• Vittorio Storaro — Director of Photography
• Carmine Coppola — Original Music Composer
• Francis Ford Coppola — Writer
• John Milius — Writer
• Francis Ford Coppola — Original Music Composer
• Joseph Conrad — Novel

Movies like Apocalypse Now

If you enjoyed Apocalypse Now, these movies have a similar feel:

• Platoon (1986)
• Full Metal Jacket (1987)
• Birdy (1984)
• Who'll Stop the Rain (1978)
• The Killing Fields (1984)
• We Were Soldiers (2002)
• Heaven & Earth (1993)
• Go Tell the Spartans (1978)
• Bat★21 (1988)
• Missing in Action (1984)
• Casualties of War (1989)
• The Last Full Measure (2019)

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