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Cast

Richard Crenna profile

Richard Crenna

Col. Samuel Trautman

Brian Dennehy profile

Brian Dennehy

Hope Sheriff Will Teasle

Bill McKinney profile

Bill McKinney

State Police Capt. Dave Kern

Jack Starrett profile

Jack Starrett

Deputy Sgt. Arthur Galt

Michael Talbott profile

Michael Talbott

Deputy Balford

Chris Mulkey profile

Chris Mulkey

Deputy Ward

John McLiam profile

John McLiam

Orval the Dog Man

Alf Humphreys profile

Alf Humphreys

Deputy Lester

David Caruso profile

David Caruso

Deputy Mitch

David L. Crowley profile

David L. Crowley

Deputy Shingleton

Don MacKay profile

Don MacKay

Preston

Charles A. Tamburro profile

Charles A. Tamburro

Helicopter pilot

Craig Huston profile

Craig Huston

Radio operator

Patrick Stack profile

Patrick Stack

Lt. Morgen

Stephen E. Miller profile

Stephen E. Miller

Guardsman #1

Raimund Stamm profile

Raimund Stamm

Guardsman #2

Robert Metcalfe profile

Robert Metcalfe

Guardsman #3

Stephen Dimopoulos profile

Stephen Dimopoulos

Guardsman #4

Bruce Greenwood profile

Bruce Greenwood

Guardsman #5

Earl Klein profile

Earl Klein

Guardsman #6

Mike Winlaw profile

Mike Winlaw

TV Reporter

Donald Adams profile

Donald Adams

Guard C.O.

Frank Richter profile

Frank Richter

Man on Street #1

Grahman L. Galativk profile

Grahman L. Galativk

Man on Street #2

Ian Hutchinson profile

Ian Hutchinson

Man on Street #3

Details

Status

Released

Original language

en

Countries

US

Budget

$15,000,000

Revenue

$125,212,904

Reviews

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A review by John Chard 9

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, wan...

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A review by Wuchak 9

May 2, 2020

Action/adventure masterpiece about a one-man-army

Vietnam vet John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) drifts into a Rocky Mountain town looking for a war buddy, only to learn that he died due to exposure to Agent Orange the prior summer. The town's sheriff (Brian Dennehy) tries to steer Rambo out of town and winds up arresting him. Big mistake because Rambo is an ex-Green beret, a virtual one-man-army, who takes on both the police and the National Guard using jung...

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A review by CinemaSerf 6

June 28, 2022

Sylvester Stallone Is "John Rambo", a Vietnam War veteran who is shocked to learn that the only other survivor from his crack team of Green Berets has died of a pretty pernicious cancer. He wanders aimlessly looking for a cheeseburger when he is escorted out of town by the sheriff "Will Teasle" (Brian Dennehy), who takes him for a vagrant. When he tries to come back into town, he is arrested and that sets off a chain of events that ends up pitting him against not just a ra...

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A review by GenerationofSwine 10

January 12, 2023

Am I the only one that thought that Rambo was supposed to be Native American? Or at least partially so?

Anywho... this is NOTHING like the sequels. The basic plot was that a small town tries to bully a Vietnam Vet and gets a little more than they bargained for.

it was more dramatic, it had more character, and had a better story than just about anything that followed. And it worked as a survivalist action movie as well.

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