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First Blood( 1982)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Sylvester Stallone

      John Rambo

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      Richard Crenna

      Col. Samuel Trautman

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      Brian Dennehy

      Hope Sheriff Will Teasle

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      Bill McKinney

      State Police Capt. Dave Kern

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      Jack Starrett

      Deputy Sgt. Arthur Galt

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      Michael Talbott

      Deputy Balford

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      Chris Mulkey

      Deputy Ward

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      John McLiam

      Orval the Dog Man

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      Alf Humphreys

      Deputy Lester

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      David Caruso

      Deputy Mitch

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      David L. Crowley

      Deputy Shingleton

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      Don MacKay

      Preston

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      Charles A. Tamburro

      Helicopter pilot

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      David Petersen

      Trooper

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      Craig Huston

      Radio operator

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      Patrick Stack

      Lt. Morgen

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      Stephen E. Miller

      Guardsman #1

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      Raimund Stamm

      Guardsman #2

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      Robert Metcalfe

      Guardsman #3

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      Stephen Dimopoulos

      Guardsman #4

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      Bruce Greenwood

      Guardsman #5

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      Earl Klein

      Guardsman #6

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      Danny Wozna

      Boy

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      Peter Lonstrup

      Attendant

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      Mike Winlaw

      TV Reporter

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      Donald Adams

      Guard C.O.

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      David Menzies

      Miner

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      Frank Richter

      Man on Street #1

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      Grahman L. Galativk

      Man on Street #2

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      Ian Hutchinson

      Man on Street #3

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      Amy Alexander

      Woman on Street

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      Gary Hetherington

      Hunter

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      Alex Kliner

      Hunter

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      R.G. Miller

      Hunter

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      Bruce Paul Barbour

      Robert A. Cathcart (uncredited)

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      Stephen Chang

      VC Commander (uncredited)

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      Suzee Pai

      Vietnamese Prostitute (uncredited)

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      Robert Prowse

      Soldier (uncredited)

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      Jack Rigg

      Bobby - The Base Camp Radio Operator (uncredited)

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      Helene Udy

      Small Girl (uncredited)

    Social

    Review 4Discussion

    A review by John Chard

    9
    Written by John Chard on Mon Mar 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...

    Media

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    15000000.00

    Revenue

    125212904.00

    Keywords

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