---
title: 'Red Dawn (1984)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Milius'
released: '1984-08-10'
runtime_minutes: 112
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'War'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Thriller'
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/red-dawn-1984'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087985/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Red Dawn (1984)

1984 · PG-13 · 112 min · Action, War, Adventure, Thriller, Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Red Dawn is a 1984 American action drama film directed by John Milius, from a screenplay co-written with Kevin Reynolds, and starring Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson and Jennifer Grey, with supporting roles played by Ben Johnson, Darren Dalton, Harry Dean Stanton, Ron O'Neal, William Smith and Powers Boothe. Set during a fictional World War III between an increasingly isolated United States and the Soviet Union, the film follows a group of teenage guerrillas, known as the Wolverines, fighting against a joint Soviet-Latin American invasion force in Colorado.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Milius](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-milius)
- **Screenplay:** [John Milius](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-milius), [Tony Gilroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-gilroy), [Kevin Reynolds](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-reynolds)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Basil Poledouris](https://cinepixo.com/people/basil-poledouris)
- **Producer:** [Buzz Feitshans](https://cinepixo.com/people/buzz-feitshans)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ric Waite](https://cinepixo.com/people/ric-waite)
- **Editor:** [Thom Noble](https://cinepixo.com/people/thom-noble)

## Cast

- [Ben Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-johnson)
- [Darren Dalton](https://cinepixo.com/people/darren-dalton)
- [Lane Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/lane-smith)
- [C. Thomas Howell](https://cinepixo.com/people/c-thomas-howell)
- [Frank McRae](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-mcrae)
- [Harry Dean Stanton](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-dean-stanton)
- [Powers Boothe](https://cinepixo.com/people/powers-boothe)
- [Jennifer Grey](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennifer-grey)
- [Sam Slovick](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-slovick)
- [Pepe Serna](https://cinepixo.com/people/pepe-serna)
- [Patrick Swayze](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-swayze)
- [Brad Savage](https://cinepixo.com/people/brad-savage)
- [Charlie Sheen](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlie-sheen)
- [Ron O'Neal](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-o-neal)
- [Lea Thompson](https://cinepixo.com/people/lea-thompson)

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