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When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.
Theatrical
Oct 22, 1982
Box Office
$125.2M
Budget
$15.0M
Return
8.3x
DVD / Blu-ray
Oct 21, 1998
Theaters
1
Director
Ted Kotcheff
Writers
Michael Kozoll, William Sackheim, Sylvester Stallone
Producers
Buzz Feitshans, Mario Kassar, Herb Nanas
Music
Jerry Goldsmith
Studio
Carolco Pictures, Anabasis, Elcajo Productions
Themes
prison
vietnam veteran
falsely accused
police brutality
sheriff
guerrilla warfare
submachine gun
gun
hero
anti hero
destroy
self-defense
vietnam
vietnam war
prosecution
dying and death
police operation
attempt to escape
matter of life and death
tramp
national guard
firearm
police
woods
escape
survivalist
rural area
special forces
aggressive
absurd
sympathetic
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Quotes
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Taglines
A one man war.
Fighting for Survival Against All Odds
Taglines
This time he's fighting for his life.
A War Against One Man
Taglines
One war against one man.
Tension Between Authorities and a Veteran
Col. Trautman
RAMBO! Rambo, don't do it. Listen to me, Rambo: You have no chance, so drop your weapon. I'm going to order a chopper in and fly you back to Bragg. HOLD YOUR FIRE! Colon(el)!
[men open fire, but Rambo ducks]
Police Colonel
Yeah?
[through megaphone]
Trautman
Hold your fire!
Police Colonel
Hold your fire! Hold your fire!
[through megaphone]
Col. Trautman
Think about what you're doing. The building's perimeter's covered; No exits. There are nearly 200 men out there, and a lot of M-16s. You did everything to make this private war happen. You've done enough damage! This mission is over, Rambo. Do you understand me? This mission is over. Look at em out there. Look at em! If you won't end this now, they will kill you. Is that what you want? It's over, Johnny. It's OVER!
[blocks Rambo and grabs M-16; goes to floodlit windows and gestures about barricade]
Rambo
NOTHING IS OVER! NOTHING! You just don't turn it off! It wasn't my war! You asked me, I didn't ask you! And I did what I had to do to win, but somebody wouldn't let us win! And I come back to the world, and I see all those maggots at the airport...protestin me-- spittin', callin me "Baby Killer!", and all kinds of vile crap! Who are they to protest me, huh?! Who are they, unless they been me and been there, and know what the Hell they're yellin about?!
Trautman
It was a bad time for everyone, Rambo. It's all in the past now.
Rambo
For you! For me, civilian life is nothing! In the field, we had a code of honor: "You watch my back, I watch yours." Back here, there's nothin'.
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Cast
Full credits →S
Sylvester Stallone
John Rambo
R
Richard Crenna
Col. Samuel Trautman
B
Brian Dennehy
Hope Sheriff Will Teasle
B
Bill McKinney
State Police Capt. Dave Kern
J
Jack Starrett
Deputy Sgt. Arthur Galt
M
Michael Talbott
Deputy Balford
C
Chris Mulkey
Deputy Ward
J
John McLiam
Orval the Dog Man
A
Alf Humphreys
Deputy Lester
D
David Caruso
Deputy Mitch
D
David L. Crowley
Deputy Shingleton
D
Don MacKay
Preston
C
Charles A. Tamburro
Helicopter pilot
D
David Petersen
Trooper
C
Craig Huston
Radio operator
P
Patrick Stack
Lt. Morgen
S
Stephen E. Miller
Guardsman #1
R
Raimund Stamm
Guardsman #2
R
Robert Metcalfe
Guardsman #3
S
Stephen Dimopoulos
Guardsman #4
