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Directed by
Paul Michael Glaser 
 
Writing credits
Stephen King (novel) (as Richard Bachman)

Steven E. de Souza (screenplay)

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete

Arnold Schwarzenegger ... Ben Richards

Maria Conchita Alonso ... Amber Mendez

Yaphet Kotto ... William Laughlin

Jim Brown ... Fireball

Jesse Ventura ... Captain Freedom
Erland van Lidth ... Dynamo (as Erland Van Lidth)
Marvin J. McIntyre ... Harold Weiss
Gus Rethwisch ... Buzzsaw (as Bernard Gus Rethwisch)
Professor Toru Tanaka ... Subzero

Mick Fleetwood ... Mic

Dweezil Zappa ... Stevie
Richard Dawson ... Damon Killian

Karen Leigh Hopkins ... Brenda
Sven-Ole Thorsen ... Sven (as Sven Thorsen)
Edward Bunker ... Lenny (as Eddie Bunker)
Bryan Kestner ... Med Tech
Anthony Pena ... Valdez (as Anthony Penya)

Kurt Fuller ... Tony

Ken Lerner ... Agent (as Kenneth Lerner)

Dey Young ... Amy
Rodger Bumpass ... Phil Hilton (voice) (as Roger Bumpass)
Donna Hardy ... Mrs. McArdle

Lynne Marie Stewart ... Edith Wiggins
Bill Margolin ... Leon

Tony Brubaker ... Soldier #1 (as Anthony Brubaker)
Billy D. Lucas ... Soldier #3 (as Billy Lucas)

George P. Wilbur ... Lieutenant Saunders

Thomas Rosales Jr. ... Chico (as Tom Rosales Jr.)
Sondra Holt ... Suzie Checkpoint
Daniel Celario ... Barrio Foreman #1
Mario Celario ... Barrio Foreman #2
Sidney Chankin ... Custodian
Kim Pawlik ... Newscaster

Roger Kern ... Travel Pass Guard
Barbara Lux ... Elderly Lady
Franco Columbu ... 911 Security Officer #2

Lin Shaye ... Propaganda Officer

Boyd Kestner ... Yuppie Yeller (as Boyd R. Kestner)

Wayne Grace ... 911 Security Officer #1
Charlie Phillips ... Teenage Punk

Greg Lewis ... Manager Locker Room
John William James ... Barrio Bettor
Jon Cutler ... Underground Tech
Kerry Wall ... Dancer (as Kerry Brennan)
Paula Brown ... Dancer
Megan Gallivan ... Dancer
Suzie Hardy ... Dancer
Debby Harris ... Dancer

Melissa Hurley ... Dancer
Marlene Lange ... Dancer

Morgan Lawley ... Dancer
Cindy Millican ... Dancer
Andrea Moen ... Dancer

Mary Ann Hermansen ... Dancer
Karen Owens ... Dancer
Sharon Owens ... Dancer
Pamela Rossi ... Dancer
Mia Togo ... Dancer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maureen Flaherty ... (uncredited)
Sandy Holt ... Woman in Airport (uncredited)
Jeff Jensen ... (uncredited)

Joel Kramer ... Soldier #2 (uncredited)
Jon McBride ... Locker Room Viewer (uncredited)

Mel Scott-Thomas ... (uncredited)
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Produced by
Keith Barish .... executive producer
Rob Cohen .... executive producer
George Linder .... producer
Tim Zinnemann .... producer
 
Original Music by
Vassal Benford 
Harold Faltermeyer 
 
Cinematography by
Thomas Del Ruth (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Mark Warner  (as Mark Roy Warner)
Edward A. Warschilka 
John Wright 
 
Casting by
Jackie Burch 
 
Production Design by
Jack T. Collis 
 
Set Decoration by
Jim Duffy 
 
Costume Design by
Robert Blackman 
 
Makeup Department
Frankie Bergman .... hair stylist
Jeff Dawn .... makeup department head (as Jefferson Dawn)
Nina Kent .... makeup artist
Steve LaPorte .... makeup artist
James Lee McCoy .... makeup artist (as Jim McCoy)
Richard Miranda .... special makeup effects artist
Bunny Parker .... hair stylist
Richard Snell .... makeup artist
Peter Tothpal .... key hair stylist
 
Production Management
Gary Daigler .... unit production manager (as Gary D. Daigler)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bennie E. Dobbins .... second unit director
Brian Fong .... dga trainee
Richard Peter Schroer .... first assistant director
Barry K. Thomas .... second assistant director
Robert Grasmere .... additional second unit director (uncredited)
Robert S. Mills .... second second assistant director (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Richard Berger .... set designer
Ken John Borland .... construction grip (as Kenneth Borland)
Max E. Brehme .... set dresser
Robert L. Clark .... paint foreman
Tom Cranham .... storyboard artist (as Thomas Cranham)
Mike Cunningham .... assistant property master
Dennis DeWaay .... construction coordinator (as Dennis DeWay)
Joseph E. Hubbard .... assistant art director
Eric A. Hulett .... lead man
Petko D. Kadiev .... storyboard artist
Frank Leasure .... propmaker
Nick Navarro .... set designer
Gene Nollman .... assistant art director
Joe Olsen .... assistant property master
Nancy Patton .... set designer
Mark Rappaport .... sculptor
Michael Ross .... property master
John Cassel .... propmaker (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Paul Timothy Carden .... co-supervising sound editor
Larry Carow .... sound editor
James Cavarretta .... sound recordist
John S. Coffey .... boom operator
David DeGeus .... assistant adr editor
Mike Dobie .... sound editor
Dean Drabin .... foley mixer
Louis L. Edemann .... sound editor
Carl Fischer .... boom operator
Richard C. Franklin .... supervising sound editor (as Richard C. Franklin Jr.)
Richard Bryce Goodman .... production sound mixer
Gary A. Hecker .... foley artist (as Gary Hecker)
Timothy A. Hoggatt .... adr mixer
Spike Allison Hooper .... assistant sound editor
Alan Howarth .... sound processing
Jack Keller .... sound recordist
David Kern .... sound editor (as David J. Kern)
Rick Kline .... sound re-recording mixer
Bobbe Kurtz .... adr editor
Donald O. Mitchell .... sound re-recording mixer
Chuck Neely .... sound editor
Mel Neiman .... sound processing
Alan L. Nineberg .... supervising adr editor
Bob O'Brien .... apprentice sound editor
Kevin O'Connell .... sound re-recording mixer
Thomas J. O'Connell .... adr recordist
Charleen Richards .... adr mixer
Bruce Richardson .... sound editor (as Paul Bruce Richardson)
Rod Rogers .... assistant adr editor
Larry Singer .... supervising adr editor
Stephanie D. Singer .... assistant sound editor (as Stephanie Dawn Singer)
Alicia Stevenson .... foley artist
Andrew Torres .... adr editor
Claus Wedemann .... stereo sound consultant: Dolby (as Claus Wiedemann)
Bill Wilner .... assistant adr editor
Samuel C. Crutcher .... sound editor (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
Michael Arbogast .... special effects
Lawrence J. Cavanaugh .... special effects coordinator (as Larry Cavanaugh)
Kenneth C. Clark .... special effects
David Domeyer .... special effects
Manuel S. Epstein .... special effects (as Manuel Stuart Epstein)
David Fletcher .... special effects technician
William Lee .... special effects
Kevin Quibell .... special effects
R. Bruce Steinheimer .... special effects supervisor (as Bruce Steinheimer)
Ken Tarallo .... special effects crew
Dick Wood .... special effects (as Dick Woods)
 
Visual Effects by
Syd Dutton .... matte shots
Robert Grasmere .... video effects supervisor
Gary Gutierrez .... visual effects supervisor
Sam Nicholson .... additional photography
Bill Taylor .... matte shots
James Valentine .... rotoscope
 
Stunts
Bruce Paul Barbour .... stunt driver
Bruce Paul Barbour .... stunt performer
Tony Brubaker .... stunts: Fireball (as Anthony Brubaker)
Art Camacho .... stunt performer
Al Cleland .... stunt double: Subzero
Erik Cord .... stunt double: Killian
Bennie E. Dobbins .... stunt coordinator
Gene Hartline .... stunts
Jeff Jensen .... stunts: Buzzsaw/Dynamo
Joel Kramer .... stunts: Ben Richards
Shawn Lane .... stunt double: Marvin J. Mcintyre
Shawn Lane .... stunt double: Weiss (as Shawn Patrick Lane)
Debra Mazotti .... stunt performer
Robert Mazotti .... stunt performer
Karen Price .... stunt double: Amber
Mel Scott-Thomas .... stunts: Laughlin (as Mel Scott Thomas)
Kenny Bates .... stunts (uncredited)
Phil Chong .... stunts (uncredited)
Tom Elliott .... stunts (uncredited)
Larry Holt .... stunts (uncredited)
Peter Kent .... stunt double: Arnold Schwarzenegger (uncredited)
Joel Kramer .... assistant stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Paul M. Lane .... utility stunts (uncredited)
Lane Leavitt .... stunts (uncredited)
Gene LeBell .... stunts (uncredited)
Branscombe Richmond .... stunts (uncredited)
Joseph Michael Roth .... stunts (uncredited)
John-Clay Scott .... stunts (uncredited)
Michael M. Vendrell .... fight choreographer (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Jamie Anderson .... camera operator
Michael J. Bailey .... lamp operator
Douglas E. Beal .... second assistant camera
Marc Brickman .... theatrical lighting designer
Doug Byers .... electrician
Billy Clevenger .... first assistant camera (as William B. Clevenger Jr.)
James M. Cox .... lamp operator
Gary R. Dodd .... key grip
George Dunagan .... lamp operator
Walt Fraser .... second assistant camera (as Walter B. Fraser)
Dave Friedman .... still photographer
Steve Hastings .... electrician
Ronald E. High .... first assistant camera (as Ron High)
James Keys .... lamp operator (as James J. Keys)
Jan Koshay .... dolly grip (as Jan S. Koshay)
Kevin J. Lang .... rigging gaffer
Michael Maley .... gaffer
Jerry L. Mandley .... lighting technician
Steven C. McGee .... best boy electric (as Steve McGee)
Gary Tandrow .... gaffer
Dave Turpin .... best boy grip
Reynaldo Villalobos .... director of photography: additional photography
Kenneth Zunder .... camera operator
Albert Hood .... lighting technician (uncredited)
 
Casting Department
Billy DaMota .... casting assistant
Robert Lansing Parker .... extras casting (as Lansing Parker)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Henry Baghdassarian .... Dynamos costume engineer: Propmakers Inc.
Dan Bronson .... men's costumer
Francine Jamison-Tanchuck .... costume department supervisor
Michael J. Long .... men's key costumer
Frank Perry Rose .... men's costumer (as Frank Rose)
Buck Skelton .... costumer: men
Betty Jean Slater .... women's costumer
 
Editorial Department
John A. Amicarella .... assistant editor
Donah Bassett .... negative cutter
Destiny Borden .... assistant editor
Vaune Kirby Frechette .... assistant editor (as Vaune Kirby)
David Jansen .... assistant editor
Bob Noland .... color timer
Steven Ramirez .... first assistant editor
Yôko Seto .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Bob Badami .... music editor
Bill Bernstein .... assistant music editor
Brian Reeves .... music scoring mixer
 
Transportation Department
Lyle Christensen .... shotmaker driver
Robert K. Johnson .... picture car mechanic
Tim Roslan .... transportation captain
Kenny Searle .... transportation coordinator
 
Other crew
Paula Abdul .... choreographer
Michael Grasso .... firearms advisor
Michael Grasso .... law enforcement
Alison Howard-Smith .... production secretary
Jerry Irvine .... propulsion specialist
Merle L. Jackson .... production office coordinator
Carlton Jones .... assistant choreographer
Luca Kouimelis .... script supervisor
Greg Lazzaro .... key location manager
Solomon J. LeFlore .... production financing
Andrew Lipschultz .... publicity coordinator
George G. Miller .... first aid
Margaret Mitchell .... production accountant
Mark Rappaport .... puppeteer
Mike Revell .... assistant production accountant
Ken H. Rosen .... location manager
Robert Schroer .... production assistant
Marina Simpson .... stand-in
Pam Trzaska .... first aid (as Pamela Trzaska)
John R. Woodward .... location manager
Jack E. Herman .... extras set coordinator (uncredited)
 

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