
Feature film — 1979
Apocalypse Now (1979)
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.
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Director: Francis Ford Coppola
On screen
Cast & crew

Martin Sheen
Captain Benjamin Willard

Marlon Brando
Colonel Walter Kurtz

Frederic Forrest
Jay 'Chef' Hicks

Albert Hall
Chief Phillips

Laurence Fishburne
Tyrone 'Clean' Miller

Sam Bottoms
Lance B. Johnson

Robert Duvall
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore

G.D. Spradlin
General Corman

Harrison Ford
Colonel
Jerry Ziesmer
Jerry, Civilian

Scott Glenn
Lieutenant Richard M. Colby
Kerry Rossall
Mike from San Diego
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