Directed by Steven Spielberg Written by Willard Huyck   Gloria Katz   George Lucas   Cast Harrison Ford ... Indiana Jones Kate Capshaw ... Willie Scott Ke Huy Quan ... Short Round Amrish Puri ... Mola Ram Roshan Seth ... Chattar Lal (as Rushan Seth) Philip Stone ... Captain Blumburtt Roy Chiao ... Lao Che David Yip ... Wu Han Ric Young ... Kao Kan Chua Kah Joo ... Chen Rex Ngui ... Maitre d' Philip Tan ... Chief Henchman (as Philip Tann) Dan Aykroyd ... Weber Akio Mitamura ... Chinese Pilot Michael Yama ... Chinese Co-Pilot D.R. Nanayakkara ... Shaman Dharmadasa Kuruppu ... Chieftain Stany De Silva ... Sajnu Ruby de Mel ... Village Woman (as Ruby De Mel) Denavaka Hamine ... Village Woman (as D.M. Denawake) Iranganie Serasinghe ... Village Woman (as I. Serasinghe) Dharshana Panangala ... Village Child Raj Singh ... Little Maharaja Frank Olegario ... Merchant #1 Ahmed El Shenawi ... Merchant #2 (as Ahmed El-Shenawi) Arthur F. Repola ... Eel Eater (as Art Repola) Nizwar Karanj ... Sacrifice Victim Pat Roach ... Chief Guard Moti Makan ... Guard Mellan Mitchell ... Temple Guard Bhasker Patel ... Temple Guard Arjun Pandher ... 1st Boy in Cell Zia Gelani ... 2nd Boy in Cell Debbie Astell ... Dancer Maureen Bacchus ... Dancer Corinne Barton ... Dancer Carol Beddington ... Dancer (as Carol Bebbington) Sharon Boone ... Dancer Elizabeth Burville ... Dancer Marisa Campbell ... Dancer Christine Cartwright ... Dancer Andrea Chance ... Dancer Jan Colton ... Dancer Louise Dalgleish ... Dancer Lorraine Doyle ... Dancer Vanessa Fieldwright ... Dancer Brenda Glassman ... Dancer Elaine Gough ... Dancer Sue Hadleigh ... Dancer Sarah-Jane Hassell ... Dancer Samantha Hughes ... Dancer Julie Kirk ... Dancer Deirdre Laird ... Dancer Vicki McDonald ... Dancer Nina McMahon ... Dancer Julia Marstand ... Dancer Gaynor Martine ... Dancer Lisa Mulidore ... Dancer Dawn Reddall ... Dancer Rebekkah Sekyi ... Dancer Clare Smalley ... Dancer Lee Sprintall ... Dancer Jenny Turnock ... Dancer Ruth Welby ... Dancer Uncredited Cast Steven Spielberg ... Tourist at Airport / Missionary Yash Agnihotri ... Palace Guard Roy Alon ... Sailor in Rickshaw / Guard Climbed on by Short Round Dickey Beer ... Thuggee in Railway Chase / Thuggee Knocked Off Ledge / Thuggee on Bridge Kenneth Coombs ... Nightclub Guest Sidney Ganis ... Missionary Barrie Holland ... Nightclub Musician Billy Horrigan ... Thuggee in Railway Chase Kathleen Kennedy ... Dancer / Missionary Brad Kesten ... Slave children Alex Klaus ... Slave Child Patrick Loh ... Triad Henchman George Lucas ... Missionary Frank Marshall ... Tourist at Airport / Missionary Anthony Powell ... Missionary Theresa Renee ... Obi Wan Club Dancer Guy Standeven ... Obi Wan Club Patron Ron Taylor ... Lao Che (voice) Produced by Kathleen Kennedy   George Lucas   Frank Marshall   Robert Watts   Original Music by John Williams

Additional Info Premiere: May 23, 1984 DVD Release: October 21, 2003 Blu-ray Release: September 18, 2012 Country: Distributor: Paramount Studios Websites: Production Companies Paramount Pictures (presents) Lucasfilm (A Lucasfilm Ltd. Production) Distributors Paramount Pictures   (1984) (United States) (theatrical) American Broadcasting Company (ABC)   (1989) (United States) (TV) Paramount Home Entertainment   (1992) (United States) (laserdisc) (video) Paramount Home Entertainment   (1996) (United States) (VHS) National Broadcasting Company (NBC)   (2003) (United States) (TV) Paramount Home Entertainment   (2003) (United States) (DVD) Paramount Home Entertainment   (2008) (United States) (DVD) Disney+   (2023) (United States) (VOD) (video) Disney+   (2023) (World-wide) (VOD) (video) Paramount+   (2021) (United States) (VOD) (video) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.4 / 10 Our Rating 7.2 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 7.0 / 10 Female Users 5.8 / 10 Site Ranking #277 / 20,704 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 8 total ratings Almost Perfect 9 total ratings Average 6 total ratings Site Ranking #273 Juno (2007) #274 The Matrix Revolutions (2003) #275 The Pursuit Of Happyness (2006) #276 X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) #277 Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom (1984) #278 Hot Fuzz (2007) #279 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) #280 Split (2016) #281 Zootopia (2016)