First Blood
1982 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Sylvester Stallone stars as ex-Green Beret John Rambo, a shell-shocked Vietnam vet adrift in the Pacific Northwest. Harassment by an unsympathetic small-town sheriff brings on nasty flashbacks of torture at the hands of the Viet Cong; after busting out of the jail where he has been unjustly imprisoned, our psychically-scarred hero vows to get revenge on the ungrateful sheriff. Before blowing the sheriff and his town away, however, Rambo must use his jungle smarts to elude the relentless posse of state troopers and National Guardsmen who pursue him through the forest.
Direction Ted Kotcheff
Cast Sylvester Stallone · Richard Crenna · Brian Dennehy · David Caruso · Jack Starrett · Michael Talbott · Chris Mulkey · Bill McKinney · John McLiam · Alf Humphreys · David L. Crowley · Don MacKay · Charles A. Tamburro · David Petersen
Soundtrack Jerry Goldsmith
Screenplay Sylvester Stallone · Michael Kozoll · William Sackheim · David Morrell
Cinematography Andrew Laszlo
Original title Rambo: First Blood
6.6
72K votes (FilmAffinity)
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