Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays behind to work with orangutans. Two years later, Sheriff and Tony learn that, because of their past actions, Lewis has been arrested for drug possession. With Lewis facing a death sentence, the friends are left with a difficult decision: return to Malaysia and split Lewis' sentence, or let him die.
Unfortunately the movie Return to Paradise is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Joseph Ruben | Director |
| Writing | Wesley Strick | Screenplay |
| Writing | Bruce Robinson | Screenplay |
| Writing | Pierre Jolivet | Novel |
| Sound | Mark Mancina | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Craig McKay | Editor |
| Camera | Reynaldo Villalobos | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Joe Bucaro III | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Jack Gill | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Peter Bucossi | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | Ezra Swerdlow | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Michael E. Steele | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Julie A. Bloom | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Corey B. Yugler | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Lucille Smith | Assistant Production Manager |
| Camera | Barry Wetcher | Still Photographer |
| Production | Kathleen Chopin | Casting |
| Production | Michael E. Steele | Co-Producer |
| Production | Charles Wang | Co-Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Juliet Polcsa | Costume Design |
| Editing | Andrew Mondshein | Editor |
| Art | Bill Groom | Production Design |
| Production | Ezra Swerdlow | Executive Producer |
| Production | Alain Bernheim | Producer |
| Production | Steve Golin | Producer |
| Production | David Arnold | Executive Producer |
| Production | Joel Hatch | Production Supervisor |
| Crew | Linda Shamest | Post Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Jeanne Gilliland | Boom Operator |
| Sound | William Sarokin | Sound Mixer |
| Art | Dennis Bradford | Art Direction |
| Art | Miguel López-Castillo | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Betsy Klompus | Set Decoration |
| Art | Carol Silverman | Assistant Set Dresser |
| Art | Natalie N. Dorset | Art Department Coordinator |
| Art | Karl Shefelman | Storyboard Designer |
| Art | Robert Griffon Jr. | Property Master |
| Lighting | Jonathan Lumley | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Jack Coffen | Rigging Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kathryn Bihr | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Francesca Paris | Key Hair Stylist |
| Crew | Carrie Gerlach | Unit Publicist |
| Art | Raymond M. Samitz | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | Malcolm Reid | Construction Foreman |
| Production | Lyn Pinezich | Location Manager |
| Editing | Jennifer Davidoff Cook | First Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Michelle Botticelli | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Stan Bochner | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Pam DeMetruis-Thomas | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Jane McCulley | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Barbara Parks | First Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Thomas S. Drescher | Music Editor |
| Directing | Jack Gill | Second Unit Director |
| Crew | Jimmy N. Roberts | Stunt Double |
