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