Southern Comfort
A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. Without live ammunition and in a strange country, their experience begins to mirror the Vietnam experience.
Keith Carradine
Spencer
Powers Boothe
Hardin
Fred Ward
Reece
Franklyn Seales
Simms
T.K. Carter
Cribbs
Lewis Smith
Stuckey
Les Lannom
Casper
Peter Coyote
Poole
Alan Autry
Bowden
Brion James
Trapper
Sonny Landham
Hunter
Allan Graf
Hunter
Ned Dowd
Hunter
Rob Ryder
Hunter
Greg Guirard
Cajun Couple
June Borel
Cajun Couple
Jeanne-Louise Bulliard
Cajun Dancer
Orel Borel
Cajun Dancer
Jeannie Spector
Cajun Dancer
Marc Savoy
Cajun Musician
Frank Savoy
Cajun Musician
Dewey Balfa
Cajun Musician
John Stelly
Cajun Musician
Billy C. Chandler
Pvt. Lincoln (uncredited)
Joseph Oliveira
Soldier (uncredited)
Ry Cooder
Original Music Composer
Walter Hill
Screenplay
Andrew Laszlo
Director of Photography
Walter Hill
Director
David Giler
Screenplay
William J. Immerman
Executive Producer
Freeman A. Davies
Editor
David Giler
Producer
John Vallone
Production Design
Judith Holstra
Casting
Robert Gould
Set Decoration
Tom Bronson
Costume Supervisor
Michael Kane
Screenplay
Ry Cooder
Music Arranger
Dick Montagne
Assistant Camera
Mary F. Galloway
Location Manager
Lisbeth Wynn-Owen
Production Coordinator
Teri E. Dorman
Assistant Editor
Richard Craig Meinardus
Assistant Camera
Venetia Stevenson
Executive In Charge Of Production
Glenn E. Anderson
Production Sound Mixer
Gene Levy
Unit Production Manager
Carmel Davies
Assistant Editor
Lisa Zeno Churgin
Assistant Editor
Tony Romero
Production Sound Mixer
Robert Roe
Second Assistant Director
Lynn Lockwood
Assistant Camera
James Utterback
Production Sound Mixer
John London
Grip
Dan Moore
Costumer
Florian Schereck
Assistant Accountant
Jay Davis
Grip
Johnny Lattanzio
Paint Coordinator
Bruce Kasson
Property Master
Craig Raiche
Property Master
Rock A. Walker
Stunts
Gregg Brazzel
Stunts
Tom D. May
Grip
Gus Basso
Greensman
Conrad E. Palmisano
Stunts
Steve Lombardi
Propmaker
Max Kleven
Stunts
Melvin Jones
Stunts
Francis N. 'Lucky' Costello
Painter
Walter A. Gest
Sound Recordist
Bea Lindzon
Extras Casting
Judith Bernardoni
Production Accountant
Ronnie Baker
Transportation Coordinator
Allen Sides
Scoring Mixer
Mary Meacham
Title Designer
Jim Schurmann
Color Timer
Randy Kelley
Sound Editor
Gordon Ecker
Supervising Sound Editor
Pat Kehoe
First Assistant Director
Wylie Stateman
Sound Editor
Bill Nicholson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bob Newlan
Assistant Sound Editor
Rick Kline
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Michael Germain
Makeup Artist
Stan Gilbert
Dialogue Editor
Donald O. Mitchell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Lawrence J. Cavanaugh
Special Effects
Dagmar Loesch
Hairstylist
Lyla Foggia
Unit Publicist
James Zenk
Still Photographer
Jim Henrikson
Music Editor
Bennie E. Dobbins
Stunt Coordinator
Jack Hooper
Negative Cutter
Ross A. Maehl
Gaffer
Neil Roach
Camera Operator
James Etheridge
Camera Operator
Mary Ann Newfield
Script Supervisor