 | Sylvester Stallone als John J. Rambo |
 | Richard Crenna als Col. Samuel Trautman |
 | Charles Napier als Marshall Murdock |
 | Steven Berkoff als Lt. Col. Podovsky |
 | Julia Nickson als Co Bao |
 | Martin Kove als Ericson |
 | George Cheung als Capt Vinh |
 | Andy Wood als Banks |
 | William Ghent als Capt. Vinh |
| Vojislav Govedarica als Sgt. Yushin |
 | Dana Lee als Gunboat captain |
 | Baoan Coleman als Gunboat captain II |
| Steve Williams als Lifer |
| Don Collins als P.O.W. #1 |
| Christopher Grant als P.O.W. #2 |
| John Sterlini als P.O.W. #3 |
| Alain Hocquenghem als P.O.W. #4 |
| William Rothlein als P.O.W. #5 |
 | Tony Munafo als Prison Guard |
| Tom Gehrke als Russian Pilot |
| Mason Cardiff als Russian Soldier |
 | Roger Cudney als Chief Radio Operator |
 | Jeff Imada als Tay's Soldier |
 | John Pankow als POW #6 |
| John Sabol als Radio Operator |
| Sylvester Stallone | Screenplay |
| Jack Cardiff | Director of Photography |
| Kay Cole | Hairstylist |
| Diamond Farnsworth | Stunt Coordinator |
| Jerry Goldsmith | Original Music Composer |
| Simone Boisseree | Stunts |
| James Cameron | Screenplay |
| Fred J. Brown | Supervising Sound Editor |
| George P. Cosmatos | Director |
| Larry Bock | Editor |
| Gib Jaffe | Editor |
| Frank E. Jimenez | Editor |
| Jay King | Special Effects |
| Bill Kenney | Production Design |
| Tom Bronson | Costume Design |
| Mark Helfrich | Editor |
| William Ladd Skinner | Set Decoration |
| Sig Tingloff | Set Decoration |
| Mark Goldblatt | Editor |
| Thomas L. Fisher | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Phil Chong | Stunts |
| Denise Horta | Sound Editor |
| Buzz Feitshans | Producer |
| Rhonda Young | Casting |
| Kenneth Hall | Music Editor |
| Michelle Pleis | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Juno J. Ellis | ADR Editor |
| David W. Gray | Dolby Consultant |
| Loren Janes | Stunt Coordinator |
| Florent Danny Retz | Assistant Editor |
| Fred Rollin | Production Manager |
| Michele Sharp | Sound Editor |
| Kevin O'Connell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Mariano García Cabrera | Gaffer |
| Pamela S. Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Dennis J. Parrish | Property Master |
| Luciano Leoni | Gaffer |
| Franco Bruni | Camera Operator |
| Peter MacDonald | Aerial Director of Photography |
| Shelley Brown | Assistant Editor |
| Robert Raring | Color Timer |
| Ron South | Assistant Editor |
| Karl A. Wickman | Pilot |
| Ken Sylvia | Unit Publicist |
| Fred Rollin | First Assistant Director |
| Dennis Butterworth | Greensman |
| Rick Kline | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Bruno Colanzi | Best Boy Grip |
| Massimiliano Sano | First Assistant Camera |
| Roy Barnes | Assistant Art Director |
| William Purcell | Special Effects |
| Dave Friedman | Still Photographer |
| Elvira Oropeza | Makeup Artist |
| Ward Welton | Set Painter |
| Howard Hester | Construction Coordinator |
| Margie O'Malley | Foley Artist |
| Ross Reynolds | Pilot |
| Donald O. Mitchell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Jesús Guerrero | Casting |
| Harry Hauss | Pilot |
| Bertha Chiu | Hairstylist |
| Leonard Engelman | Makeup Designer |
| Salvador 'Apache' Serrano | Dolly Grip |
| Jeanne Scott | Script Supervisor |
| Cliff Wenger Jr. | Special Effects |
| Aldo Colanzi | Key Grip |
| Donna Rosenstein | Casting Associate |
| Hilarie Roope | Assistant Editor |
| Donah Bassett | Negative Cutter |
| Martín Cárdenas Moreno | Property Master |
| David Morrell | Characters |
| Bob Dewitt | Driver |
| Jim Davidson | Production Accountant |
| Patrick Kinney | Second Assistant Director |
| Mel Dellar | Associate Producer |
| Arthur Morton | Orchestrator |
| Kendall A. Reed | Driver |
| Juan Clemente Prosper | Location Manager |
| Fiorangelo Plocco | Best Boy Electrician |
| Donald Collis | Driver |
| Michael Stevenson | Driver |
| Moe Blay | Driver |
| Vic Cuccia | Driver |
| Erick Feitshans | Production Assistant |
| John Cardiff | Camera Operator |
| Terry Collis | Transportation Coordinator |
| Joe Dugan | Driver |
| Charlie Davidson | Production Controller |
| Mario Kassar | Executive Producer |
| Andrew G. Vajna | Executive Producer |
| Kevin Jarre | Story |
| Rob Young | Sound Mixer |
| Jeff Imada | Stunts |
| Mark De Alessandro | Stunt Double |
| Steve Kelso | Stunts |
| Danny Costa | Stunts |
| Brad Bovee | Stunts |
| George Fisher | Stunts |
| Joseph Hieu | Stunts |
| Eric Lee | Stunts |
| Harry Mok | Stunts |
| Robert Jauregui | Stunts |
| Vernon Rieta | Stunts |
| Mike Johnson | Stunts |
| Ben Scott | Stunts |
| John-Clay Scott | Stunts |
| Bill M. Ryusaki | Stunts |
| Jay King | Stunts |
| Anthony Cecere | Stunts |
| Mark De Alessandro | Stunts |
