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.

Director:

Francis Ford Coppola

Stars:

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)