1982 1h 33m Ted Kotcheff

First Blood

Name: First Blood
Genre: Action & Adventure, Mystery & Thriller, War & Military
Released: 1982
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, Bill McKinney

★ 7.7 IMDb

Action & Adventure Mystery & Thriller War & Military

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.

Writers David Morrell, Michael Kozoll, William Sackheim, Sylvester Stallone

Cast Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, Bill McKinney

DP Andrew Laszlo

Music Jerry Goldsmith

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Escape Artist: Ted Kotcheff, 1931–2025 by Adam Nayman, MUBI Notebook

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