Directed by Robert Altman   Written by Richard Hooker   Ring Lardner Jr.   Cast Donald Sutherland ... Hawkeye Pierce Elliott Gould ... Trapper John McIntyre Tom Skerritt ... Duke Forrest Sally Kellerman ... Maj. Margaret 'Hot Lips' O'Houlihan Robert Duvall ... Maj. Frank Burns Roger Bowen ... Lt. Col. Henry Blake Rene Auberjonois ... Father John Mulcahy David Arkin ... Sgt. Major Vollmer Jo Ann Pflug ... Lt. 'Dish' Gary Burghoff ... Cpl. 'Radar' O'Reilly Fred Williamson ... Dr. Oliver 'Spearchucker' Jones Michael Murphy ... 'Me Lay' Marston Indus Arthur ... Lt. Leslie Ken Prymus ... PFC. Seidman Bobby Troup ... Sgt. Gorman Kim Atwood ... Ho-Jon Timothy Brown ... Cpl. Judson (as Tim Brown) John Schuck ... Capt. 'Painless' Waldowski Dawne Damon ... Capt. Storch Carl Gottlieb ... 'Ugly John' Tamara Wilcox-Smith ... Capt. 'Knocko' (as Tamara Horrocks) G. Wood ... Brig. Gen. Hammond Bud Cort ... Pvt. Boone Danny Goldman ... Capt. Murrhardt Corey Fischer ... Capt. Bandini Uncredited Cast Stephen Altman ... Duke's 5-Year-Old Son Joe Amsler ... Undetermined Role Carrell Balderston ... Football Player William Ballard ... Football Player Terry Belmore ... Football Player Steven Bewley ... Football Player Stanford Blum ... Football Player Tommy Brown ... Football Player - 325th Evac. Michael Bruce ... Football Player Buck Buchanan ... Football Player - 325th Evac. Jim Burger ... Football Player Norma Burkus ... Cheerleader Sal Centeno ... Football Player David Chambliss ... Minor Role Craig Chudy ... Football Player Jack Concannon ... Football Player - 325th Evac. Jim Connors ... Undetermined Role Michael Consoldane ... Football Player - 325th Evac. Cathleen Cordell ... Capt. Peterson - Nurse Corps Bill Cosper ... Football Player Robert V. Cox ... Football Player Ronn Cragg ... Undetermined Role Ben Davidson ... Football Player #88 - 325th Evac. Ray Didsbury ... Ad Lib Doctor James B. Douglas ... Col. Wallace C. Merril Tom Falk ... Corporal Jerry Freeman ... Football Player John Fujioka ... Japanese Golf Pro Joe Gantos ... Football Player Edward Garcia ... Football Player Lynn Grate ... Undetermined Role Ken Griffin ... Football Player Joanne Hahn ... Ward Nurse Roy Hall ... Football Player Sumi Haru ... Japanese Nurse Buck Holland ... Helicopter Pilot Van L. Honeycutt ... Helicopter Pilot #1 Susan Ikeda ... Japanese Caddie Dale Ishimoto ... Korean Doctor Alfred Jones ... Undetermined Role Jerry Jones ... Motor Pool Sergeant Mark Jones ... Undetermined Role Joe Kapp ... Football Player - 325th Evac. Mike Kemp ... Football Player Paul King ... Pedestrian Tom Kinzer ... Football Player Ted Knight ... Offstage Dialog (voice) Mary Jean Kuga ... Minor Role Douglas Laurence ... Undetermined Role Harvey Levine ... 2nd Lieutenant Weaver Levy ... Korean Doctor John Linton ... Undetermined Role Robert Manser ... Football Player John Marsden ... Football Player Whitey Matheson ... Football Player Homer G. McCready ... Helicopter Pilot #2 Sam A. Mides ... Football Player Marvin Miller ... Offstage Dialog (voice) Don Moshier ... Football Player Mickey Moshier ... Football Player Eugene Mullen ... Football Player John Myers ... Football Player - 325th Evac. Rick Neilan ... Hammond's Aide Lloyd Nelson ... Offstage Voice (voice) Gerry Okuneff ... Football Player Art Oliver ... Football Player Monica Peterson ... Pretty W.A.C. Receptionist Roy Pettie ... Undetermined Role Jerry Pierson ... Football Player Eulan R. Poss Jr. ... Helicopter Pilot #3 Ron Quay ... Undetermined Role Thomas Randa ... Minor Role William Roemling ... Football Player David Sachs ... Surgeon #1 Masami Saito ... Japanese Caddie Rosemary Sangster ... Minor Role Tony Santoro ... Undetermined Role Howard Schnellenberger ... Football Referee Bonnie Sue Schwartz ... Cheerleader Samantha Scott ... Nurse / Pin-up Model Linnea Sievers ... Cheerleader L. Ortega Smith ... Football Player Noland Smith ... Football Player #1 - 325th Evac. 'Superbug' Owen Song ... Doctor Ron Stein ... Football Player Fran Tarkenton ... Football Player - 325th Evac. Vicki Townsend ... Cheerleader Dianne Travis ... Correspondent Johnny Unitas ... Football Player - 325th Evac. Ron Van Hagen ... Football Player Greg Walker ... Undetermined Role Hiroko Watanabe ... Japanese Prostitute Don Watters ... Football Player Ron Way ... Football Player Howard Williams ... Football Player - 325th Evac. Tom Woodeshick ... Football Player - 325th Evac. Yoko Young ... Japanese Servant Produced by Leon Ericksen   Ingo Preminger   Original Music by Johnny Mandel

Additional Info Premiere: January 25, 1970 Theatrical Release: March 18, 1970 DVD Release: January 08, 2002 Blu-ray Release: September 01, 2009 Country: Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Websites: Production Companies Aspen Productions (I) Ingo Preminger Productions Distributors Twentieth Century Fox   (1970) (United States) (theatrical) Twentieth Century Fox   (1973) (United States) (re-release) (theatrical) CBS   (1976) (United States) (TV) Magnetic Video   (1977) (United States) (Betamax) (video) 20th Century Fox Video   (1982) (United States) (VHS) CBS/Fox   (1985) (United States) (VHS) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (1998) (United States) (pan and scan) (VHS) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2001) (United States) (DVD) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2004) (United States) (included in the "Robert Altman Collection") (DVD) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2004) (United States) (widescreen) (DVD) The Criterion Channel   (2021) (United States) (digital) (TV) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.4 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #1,957 / 21,060 Site Ranking #1,953 Sicko (2007) #1,954 A Nightmare On Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) #1,955 The Black Dahlia (2006) #1,956 Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) #1,957 M*A*S*H (1970) #1,958 Castlevania: Season 3 (2020) #1,959 Velma: Season 1 (2023) #1,960 Dreamgirls (2006) #1,961 My Hero Academia: Season 2 (2017)