Predator (1987)
Release Date
June 12th 1987
Cast and Crew
Directed by John McTiernan
Produced by Lawrence Gordon, Joel Silver, John Davis
Written by Jim Thomas, John Thomas
Starring
Arnold Schwarzenegger as Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer
Carl Weathers as George Dillon
Elpidia Carrillo as Anna Gonsalves
Bill Duke as Mac Eliot
Jesse Ventura as Blain Cooper
Sonny Landham as Billy Sole
Richard Chaves as Jorge "Poncho" Ramírez
Shane Black as Rick Hawkins
R. G. Armstrong as Major General Homer Phillips
Kevin Peter Hall as The Predator / helicopter pilot
Sven-Ole Thorsen as Soviet military adviser
Plot and Summary
Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger), a soldier of fortune, is hired by the U.S. government to secretly rescue a group of politicians trapped in Guatemala. But when Dutch and his team, which includes weapons expert Blain (Jesse Ventura) and CIA agent George (Carl Weathers), land in Central America, something is gravely wrong. After finding a string of dead bodies, the crew discovers they are being hunted by a brutal creature with superhuman strength and the ability to disappear into its surroundings.