F5700 FIRST BLOOD (USA, 1982) - La Salle University

F5700 FIRST BLOOD (USA, 1982)
(Other titles: Acorralado; Rambo; Rambo: First blood)
Credits: director, Ted Kotcheff ; writers, Michael Kozoll, William Sackheim,
Sylvester Stallone ; story, David Morrell.
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy.
Summary: Action/adventure film set in contemporary Washington State. John
Rambo (Stallone), an ex-Green Beret and a peacetime misfit, is haunted by
memories of Vietnam. Falling foul of an over-zealous small-town sheriff
(Dennehy), all hell is let loose as he goes on the run. In the life or death
manhunt that ensues, he will need all his old skills to stay alive and outwit his
pursuers--the sheriff, his posse, and more than 200 National Guardsmen.
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movies” Washington post (Oct 22, 1982), p. D1, D4.
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29, 1982), p. 20-21.
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