Birdy (1984) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Alan Parker.

Cast

• Matthew Modine as Birdy
• Nicolas Cage as Sergeant Al Columbato
• John Harkins as Doctor Major Weiss
• Sandy Baron as Mr. Columbato
• Karen Young as Hannah Rourke
• Bruno Kirby as Renaldi
• Nancy Fish as Mrs. Prevost
• George Buck as Birdy's Father
• Dolores Sage as Birdy's Mother
• Pat Ryan as Joe Sagessa
• James Santini as Mario Columbato
• Maud Winchester as Doris Robinson
• Marshall Bell as Ronsky
• Elizabeth Whitcraft as Rosanne
• Sandra Beall as Shirley
• Victoria Nekko as Claire
• Crystal Field as Mrs. Columbato
• John Brumfield as Mr. Kohler
• Joe Lerer as Military Doctor
• Alice Truscott as Mother on Train
• Ed Taylor as Zimmy The Human Fish
• Irving Selbst as Fairground Announcer
• Steve Lippe as Junkyard Proprietor
• William Clark as Policeman on Beach
• James Pruett as Emergency Doctor
• Priscilla Alden as Waiting Room Lady
• Howard Kinsley as Mr. Tate
• Robert Diamond as Maloney
• Bud Seese as Drunk in Jail
• Larry Hochman as High School Band
• Richard Holley as Helicopter Pilot

Crew

• Peter Gabriel — Original Music Composer
• Michael Seresin — Director of Photography
• Sandy Kroopf — Screenplay
• Alan Marshall — Producer
• Alan Parker — Director
• William Wharton — Novel
• Jack Behr — Screenplay

Movies like Birdy

If you enjoyed Birdy, these movies have a similar feel:

• Jacknife (1989)
• Apocalypse Now (1979)
• Casualties of War (1989)
• Heaven & Earth (1993)
• Bat★21 (1988)
• Field of Lost Shoes (2015)
• Platoon (1986)
• Gardens of Stone (1987)
• Da 5 Bloods (2020)
• The Yellow Birds (2018)
• Man Down (2016)
• The Deer Hunter (1978)

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