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First Blood (1982)

R 10/22/1982 (US) Action, Adventure, Thriller, War 1h 33m

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This time he's fighting for his life.

Overview

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.

Ted Kotcheff

Director
David Morrell

Novel
Michael Kozoll

Screenplay
Sylvester Stallone

Screenplay
William Sackheim

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Sylvester Stallone

John Rambo
Richard Crenna

Col. Samuel Trautman
Brian Dennehy

Hope Sheriff Will Teasle
Bill McKinney

State Police Capt. Dave Kern
Jack Starrett

Deputy Sgt. Arthur Galt
Michael Talbott

Deputy Balford
Chris Mulkey

Deputy Ward
John McLiam

Orval the Dog Man
Alf Humphreys

Deputy Lester
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A review by John Chard

9.0

Written by John Chard on March 18, 2019

It was a bad time for everyone, Rambo. It's all in the past now.

First Blood is directed by Ted Kotcheff and adapted by Michael Kozoll, William Sackheim and Sylvester Stallone, from the novel written by David Morrell. It stars Stallone, Brian Dennehy, Richard Crenna, Bill McKinney and Jack Starrett. Cinematography is by Andrew Laszlo and the music scored by Jerry Goldsmith. Locations for the shoot were in British Columbia.

John Rambo (Stallone), ex Vietnam war veteran, wanders into small town Oregon and is met with hostility by Sheriff Will Teasle (Dennehy). Arrested for a trumped up ch... read the rest.

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