First Blood

DVD cover for Rambo: First Blood

Movie (1982)

Starring:
Sylvester Stallon (John Rambo)
Brian Dennehy (Sheriff Will Teasle)
Richard Crenna (Col. Sam Trautman)
Bill McKinney (Capt. Dave Kern)
Jack Starrett (Dep. Sgt. Arthur Galt)

John Rambo sets out to find his former friend from the Green Berets, whom he served with in Vietnam only to find he has died and that he himself is the last surviving member of his unit. When a local sheriff, opposed to 'drifters' in his town, escorts Rambo to the outskirts he decides to stand up for himself and others like him and ends up getting arrested. When he refuses to co-operate at the station, the deputy sergeant makes an enemy of him by forcing him. Rambo fights back and escapes the town to the local woodlands where he systematically imobilises the police trying to catch him. Soon a fullscale manhunt is launched, and Col. Trautman arrives to warn the hunters who their dealing with.

Also from this series:

Rambo: First Blood Part II
Rambo III