It is the height of the war in Vietnam, and U.S. Army Captain Willard is sent by Colonel Lucas and a General to carry out a mission that, officially, 'does not exist - nor will it ever exist'. The mission: To seek out a mysterious Green Beret Colonel, Walter Kurtz, whose army has crossed the border into Cambodia and is conducting hit-and-run missions against the Viet Cong and NVA. The army believes Kurtz has gone completely insane and Willard's job is to eliminate him! Willard, sent up the Nung River on a U.S. Navy patrol boat, discovers that his target is one of the most decorated officers in the U.S. Army. His crew meets up with surfer-type Lt-Colonel Kilgore, head of a U.S Army helicopter cavalry group which eliminates a Viet Cong outpost to provide an entry point into the Nung River. After some hair-raising encounters, in which some of his crew are killed, Willard, Lance and Chef reach Colonel Kurtz's outpost...
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 |
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 |