The first casualty of war is innocence.
Charlie Sheen Willem Dafoe Forest Whitaker Kevin Dillon John C. McGinley
120 minutes
Chris Taylor, a young, naive recruit in Vietnam, faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
23 April 1987
£6,000,000
£138,530,565
English
Hemdale Film Corporation
United States of America
| Charlie Sheen | ... | Pvt. Chris Taylor |
| Willem Dafoe | ... | Sgt. Elias Grodin |
| Forest Whitaker | ... | Big Harold |
| Kevin Dillon | ... | Bunny |
| John C. McGinley | ... | Sgt. Red O'Neill |
| Francesco Quinn | ... | Rhah |
| Richard Edson | ... | Sal |
| Reggie Johnson | ... | Junior Martin |
| Keith David | ... | King |
| David Neidorf | ... | Tex |
| Mark Moses | ... | Lt. Wolfe |
| Chris Pedersen | ... | Crawford |
| Ivan Kane | ... | Tony Hoyt |
| Paul Sanchez | ... | Doc Gomez |
| J. Adam Glover | ... | Sanderson |
| Corey Glover | ... | Francis |
| Bob Orwig | ... | Pvt. Gardner |
| Kevin Eshelman | ... | Morehouse |
| Terry McIlvain | ... | Ace |
| Dale Dye | ... | Capt. Harris |
| Oliver Stone | ... | Alpha Company major in bunker |
| Tom Berenger | ... | SSgt. Bob Barnes |
| Johnny Depp | ... | Private Gator Lerner |
| Oliver Stone | ... | Director |
| Oliver Stone | ... | Screenplay |
| Arnold Kopelson | ... | Producer |
| A. Kitman Ho | ... | Producer |
| Derek Gibson | ... | Executive Producer |
| John Daly | ... | Executive Producer |
| Georges Delerue | ... | Original Music Composer |
| Robert Richardson | ... | Director of Photography |
| Claire Simpson | ... | Editor |
| Pat Golden | ... | Casting |
| Warren McLean | ... | Casting |
| Bob Morones | ... | Casting |
| Bruno Rubeo | ... | Production Design |
| Rodell Cruz | ... | Art Direction |