Rambo: First Blood
- Director
- Ted Kotcheff
- Release Date
- October 22, 1982
- Cast
- Sylvester Stallone , Richard Crenna
- Writers
- Ted Kotcheff
- Runtime
- 93minutes
- Franchise(s)
- Rambo
- Sequel(s)
- Rambo III , Rambo: Last Blood
- Budget
- $15 million
Summary
First Blood is the first installment in the five-movie Rambo franchise, adapting David Morrell's 1972 novel of the same name. Sylvester Stallone stars as Vietnam War veteran John Rambo, who struggles to adapt to society and gets pushed to the edge by the authorities of Hope, Washington.
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