First Blood: Book vs. Movie
Ted Kotcheff's First Blood (1982) adapts David Morrell's book, with Sylvester Stallone as Vietnam veteran John Rambo. A confrontation with a small-town sheriff turns into a manhunt through the mountains.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- David Morrell
- Year
- 1972
- Pages
- 336Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 8 hr 26 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Eric G. Dove
A wandering Vietnam veteran named Rambo enters a Kentucky town and clashes with police chief Wilfred Teasle, who wants him gone. An arrest and brutal treatment turn the confrontation into a pursuit through the surrounding mountains. Moving between the two men, the book follows a struggle in which wartime experience, wounded pride and escalating force leave increasingly little room to retreat.
- Director
- Ted Kotcheff
- Writer
- Sylvester Stallone, David Morrell, William Sackheim, Michael Kozoll
- Year
- 1982
- Runtime
- 1 hr 33 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, David Caruso
- Genre
- action, action thriller, drama, War
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
Searching for an old army friend, John Rambo passes through a Washington town whose sheriff treats him as a vagrant to be driven away. Abuse after his arrest triggers memories of captivity in Vietnam, and he escapes into the mountains. As the manhunt escalates, his former commander arrives to warn the authorities about the soldier they are pursuing.
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