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First Blood
When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.
1982 · Directed by Ted Kotcheff · 93 min · Action · Thriller · Drama · 25 frames
Tagline
This time he's fighting for his life.
Crew
- Screenplay: Sylvester Stallone, Michael Kozoll, William Sackheim
- Cinematography: Andrew Laszlo
- Edited by: Joan E. Chapman
- Music: Jerry Goldsmith
- Production design: Wolf Kroeger
- Produced by: Buzz Feitshans
Cast
- Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo
- Richard Crenna as Col. Samuel Trautman
- Brian Dennehy as Hope Sheriff Will Teasle
- Bill McKinney as State Police Capt. Dave Kern
- Jack Starrett as Deputy Sgt. Arthur Galt
- Michael Talbott as Deputy Balford
- Chris Mulkey as Deputy Ward
- John McLiam as Orval the Dog Man
- Alf Humphreys as Deputy Lester
- David Caruso as Deputy Mitch
Production
- Country: United States of America, Netherlands Antilles
- Language: English
- Studios: Carolco Pictures, Anabasis, Elcajo Productions
- Budget: $15,000,000
- Box office: $125,212,904
- Themes: prison, guerrilla warfare, dying and death, vietnam war, vietnam veteran, hero, vietnam, police brutality, sheriff, escape
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