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| Type | Film |
| Directors | Francis Ford Coppola |
| Genres | Drama, War |
| Release Date | May 19, 1979 |
| Note created | Jan 9, 2026 |
Apocalypse Now (1979)
This is the end… At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, “does not exist, nor will it ever exist.” His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
Runtime: 2h 27m Genres: Drama, War
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
- Michel Pitton as Phillippe de Marais
- David Olivier as Christian de Marais
- Chrystel Le Pelletier as Claudine
- Roman Coppola as Francis de Marais
- Gian-Carlo Coppola as Gilles de Marais
- Robert Julian as The Tutor
- Yvon LeSeaux as Sergeant le Fevre
- Daniel Kiewit as Major from New Jersey
- Hattie James as Cleans Mother (voice)