First Blood

First Blood

93 mins | Action, Thriller, Adventure, War | Oct. 22, 1982

When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, the Vietnam vet snaps, runs for the hills and rat-a-tat-tats his way into the action-movie hall of fame. Hounded by a relentless sheriff, Rambo employs heavy-handed guerilla tactics to shake the cops off his tail.

First Blood

93 mins | Action, Thriller, Adventure, War | Oct. 22, 1982

First Blood
When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, the Vietnam vet snaps, runs for the hills and rat-a-tat-tats his way into the action-movie hall of fame. Hounded by a relentless sheriff, Rambo employs heavy-handed guerilla tactics to shake the cops off his tail.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Carolco Pictures, Cinema 84, Elcajo Productions, Anabasis N.V.
Original title First Blood
Directors Otta Hanus, Pattie Robertson, Jacques Hubert, Craig Huston, Ted Kotcheff, Conrad E. Palmisano
Writers William Sackheim, Michael Kozoll, David Morrell, Sylvester Stallone

Cast

Sylvester Stallone

as John J. Rambo

Bill McKinney

as State Police Capt. Dave Kern

Richard Crenna

as Col. Samuel Trautman

Brian Dennehy

as Hope Sheriff Will Teasle

Chris Mulkey

as Deputy Ward

Jack Starrett

as Deputy Sgt. Arthur Galt

Michael Talbott

as Deputy Balford

John McLiam

as Orval the Dog Man

Alf Humphreys

as Deputy Lester

David Caruso

as Deputy Mitch

David L. Crowley

as Deputy Shingleton

Don MacKay

as Preston

David Petersen

as Trooper

Craig Huston

as Radio operator

Patrick Stack

as Lt. Morgen

Stephen E. Miller

as Guardsman #1

Raimund Stamm

as Guardsman #2

Robert Metcalfe

as Guardsman #3

Stephen Dimopoulos

as Guardsman #4

Bruce Greenwood

as Guardsman #5

Earl Klein

as Guardsman #6

Danny Wozna

as Boy

Peter Lonstrup

as Attendant

Mike Winlaw

as TV Reporter

Donald Adams

as Guard C.O.

David Menzies

as Miner

Frank Richter

as Man on Street #1

Grahman L. Galativk

as Man on Street #2

Ian Hutchinson

as Man on Street #3

Amy Alexander

as Woman on Street

Gary Hetherington

as Hunter

Alex Kliner

as Hunter

R.G. Miller

as Hunter

Suzee Pai

as Vietnamese Prostitute (uncredited)

Robert Prowse

as Soldier (uncredited)

Jack Rigg

as Bobby - Base Camp Radio Operator (uncredited)

Helene Udy

as Small Girl (uncredited)

Cynthia Dale

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Stephen Chang

as VC Commander (uncredited)