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