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.
| Production | Michael Dounaev | Executive Producer |
| Production | Walter Josten | Producer |
| Writing | Werner Herzog | Author |
| Directing | Werner Herzog | Director |
| Production | Jeff Geoffray | Producer |
| Production | Robyn Klein | Producer |
| Production | Jimmy de Brabant | Executive Producer |
| Production | Freddy Braidy | Executive Producer |
| Production | Elton Brand | Producer |
| Production | Steve Marlton | Producer |
| Production | Nick N. Raslan | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kami Naghdi | Executive Producer |
| Production | Adam W. Rosen | Producer |
| Production | Harry Knapp | Producer |
| Sound | Klaus Badelt | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Peter Zeitlinger | Director of Photography |
| Production | Eyde Belasco | Casting |
| Editing | Joe Bini | Editor |
| Production | Elie Samaha | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Annie Dunn | Costume Design |
| Art | Arin 'Aoi' Pinijvararak | Art Direction |
| Visual Effects | Tom Clancy | Visual Effects |
| Production | Gerald Green | Executive Producer |
| Production | Matthew A Portnoff | Producer |
| Crew | Joe Bretz | Thanks |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tanya Cookingham | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | R.J. McCasland | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Janette Nielsen | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Conor O'Sullivan | Makeup Effects Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Danielle Lyn Saunders | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jennifer Owen Silva | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Trenton | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Peter Austin | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Ed Carr | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Todd Grace | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Charles Hamilton | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Scott Kinzey | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Marc Meyer | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Michael W. Mitchell | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Paul Paragon | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Randolph Saucedo | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Ken Young | Sound Effects Editor |
| Directing | Harry Knapp | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Apichart Chusakul | First Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Chris Woods | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Adam Howarth | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Production | Jonathan Henry Way | Executive In Charge Of Production |
