De film is gebaseerd op de documentaire Little Dieter Needs to Fly uit 1997. De film vertelt het waargebeurde verhaal van de Amerikaanse straaljagerpiloot Dieter Dengler, die tijdens de Vietnamoorlog boven Laos wordt neergehaald en in een gevangenenkamp terechtkomt.
Nee, helaas is Rescue Dawn nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Editing | Joe Bini | Editor |
| Production | Elton Brand | Producer |
| Production | Adam W. Rosen | Producer |
| Production | Michael Dounaev | Executive Producer |
| Production | Steve Marlton | Producer |
| Production | Robyn Klein | Producer |
| Camera | Peter Zeitlinger | Director of Photography |
| Art | Arin 'Aoi' Pinijvararak | Art Direction |
| Production | Walter Josten | Producer |
| Directing | Werner Herzog | Director |
| Production | Jeff Geoffray | Producer |
| Writing | Werner Herzog | Author |
| Production | Freddy Braidy | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Klaus Badelt | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Annie Dunn | Costume Design |
| Production | Kami Naghdi | Executive Producer |
| Production | Eyde Belasco | Casting |
| Production | Harry Knapp | Producer |
| Production | Jimmy de Brabant | Executive Producer |
| Production | Nick N. Raslan | Executive Producer |
| Production | Elie Samaha | Executive Producer |
| Production | Gerald Green | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Conor O'Sullivan | Makeup Effects Designer |
| Sound | Kenneth Young | Sound Effects Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tanya Cookingham | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | R.J. McCasland | Key Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Charles Hamilton | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Marc Meyer | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Peter Austin | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Randolph Saucedo | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Ed Carr | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Todd Grace | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Paul Paragon | Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Janette Nielsen | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Danielle Lyn Saunders | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jennifer Owen Silva | Key Hair Stylist |
| Sound | Michael W. Mitchell | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Scott Kinzey | Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Trenton | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Apichart Chusakul | First Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Adam Howarth | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Directing | Harry Knapp | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Jonathan Henry Way | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Visual Effects | Chris Woods | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Tom Clancy | Visual Effects |
| Production | Matthew A Portnoff | Producer |
| Crew | Joe Bretz | Thanks |
