Who's who in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Indy may be returning, but the prequels' dastardly Nazis and ill-advised sub-continental stereotypes have been swapped for ... erm ... sinister 50s commies. Plus ça change … Photograph: Public domain

He's rather more grizzled and finding the relentless physical pounding harder to take, paving the way for a younger hero to put on the battered hat … Photograph: Public domain

Lucas and Spielberg seem to have plumped for a The Wild One–era Marlon Brando look for youthful sidekick Shia LaBeouf, whose most notable prior credit saw him spending much of the movie talking to his car Photograph: Public domain

Much to Indy fans' delight, he's also joined by Karen Allen, who played the adventurer's fiery love interest Marion Ravenwood first time round Photograph: Public domain

John Hurt's role in the movie was a closely guarded secret for a while. Early rumours suggested he was to play Abner Ravenwood, the father Marion told Indy was dead. He actually plays Professor Oxley, a crystal skull scholar who goes missing Photograph: Public domain

The villain of the piece, in a surprising bit of casting, is Cate Blanchett. No word yet on whether she gets her face melted off or falls down a crevice after reaching too far for that just-so-enticing archeological treasure Photograph: Public domain

Somewhere in the middle of all this is Ray Winstone as Mac McHale, Indy's former partner turned Soviet agent Photograph: Public domain

With a few notable dissenters, including our own Peter Bradshaw, the view is that the new film is a decent return. Even so, we're sort of hoping this really is the last crusade Photograph: Public domain