First Blood
- Release Date
- October 22, 1982
- Director
- Ted Kotcheff
- Cast
- Sylvester Stallone , Richard Crenna , Brian Dennehy , Bill McKinney , Jack Starrett , Michael Talbott
- Runtime
- 93
- Main Genre
- Action
- Writers
- David Morrell , Michael Kozoll , William Sackheim , Sylvester Stallone
- Tagline
- This time he's fighting for his life.
Summary
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.
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