First Blood (1982) - Credits and Details

First Blood Credits and Details

Directed by
	Ted Kotcheff
Written by
	David Morrell	...	based on the novel by
	Michael Kozoll	...	screenplay by
	William Sackheim	...	screenplay by
	Sylvester Stallone	...	screenplay by
Cast
	Sylvester Stallone	...	Rambo
	Richard Crenna	...	Trautman
	Brian Dennehy	...	Teasle
	Bill McKinney	...	Kern
	Jack Starrett	...	Galt
	Michael Talbott	...	Balford
	Chris Mulkey	...	Ward
	John McLiam	...	Orval
	Alf Humphreys	...	Lester
	David Caruso	...	Mitch
	David L. Crowley	...	Shingleton (as David Crowley)
	Don MacKay	...	Preston (as Don Mackay)
	Charles A. Tamburro	...	Pilot (as Chuck Tamburro)
	David Petersen	...	Trooper
	Craig Huston	...	Radio Operator (as Craig Wright Huston)
	Patrick Stack	...	Lt. Clinton Morgen
	Stephen E. Miller	...	Guardsman #1
	Raimund Stamm	...	Guardsman #2
	Robert Metcalfe	...	Guardsman #3
	Stephen Dimopoulos	...	Guardsman #4
	Bruce Greenwood	...	Guardsman #5
	Earl Klein	...	Guardsman #6
	Danny Wozna	...	Boy
	Peter Lonstrup	...	Attendant
	Mike Winlaw	...	TV Reporter
	Donald Adams	...	Guard C.O.
	David Menzies	...	Miner
	Frank Richter	...	Man on Street #1
	Grahman L. Galativk	...	Man on Street #2
	Ian Hutchinson	...	Man on Street #3
	Amy Alexander	...	Woman on Street
	Gary Hetherington	...	Hunter
	Alex Kliner	...	Hunter
	R.G. Miller	...	Hunter
Uncredited Cast
	Bruce Paul Barbour	...	Robert A. Cathcart
	Stephen Chang	...	VC Commander
	Suzee Pai	...	Vietnamese Prostitute
	Robert Prowse	...	Soldier
	Jack Rigg	...	Bobby - Base Camp Radio Operator
Produced by
	Buzz Feitshans	...	producer
	Mario Kassar	...	executive producer
	Herb Nanas	...	co-executive producer
	Andrew G. Vajna	...	executive producer
Original Music by
	Jerry Goldsmith
Special Effects by
	George Erschbamer	...	special effects assistant
	Thomas L. Fisher	...	special effects coordinator
	John Thomas	...	special effects best boy
Visual Effects by
	Thom Noble	...	visual consultant
Stunts
	Bruce Paul Barbour	...	stunts
	Bennie E. Dobbins	...	stunts / stunt double: Brian Dennehy
	Diamond Farnsworth	...	stunts / stunt double: Sylvester Stallone
	Will Harper	...	stunts / stunt double: Sylvester Stallone
	Buddy Joe Hooker	...	stunts
	Don Charles McGovern	...	Sylvester Stallone Stunt Double: stunts / stunt double: Sylvester Stallone
	Conrad E. Palmisano	...	stunt coordinator / stunt performer
	Bobby Sargent	...	stunts / stunt double: Jack Starrett / stunt double: Sylvester Stallone
	Jack Gill	...	stunts
	Alex Green	...	stunts
	Robert Milicevic	...	stunt actor
	Frank Orsatti	...	stunts
	Jacob Rupp	...	stunts
	Charles A. Tamburro	...	stunts
Thanks
	Justis Greene	...	the producers wish to thank

Additional Info
Premiere:	October 22, 1982
DVD Release:	October 21, 1998
Blu-ray Release:	February 06, 2007
Country:
Distributor:	Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Websites:

Ratings
8.0 / 10	7.7 / 10	61 / 100

Alternate Titles
Rambo: First Blood

Production Companies
Anabasis N.V.
Cinema '84
Elcajo Productions

Distributors
Orion Pictures (1982) (United States) (theatrical)
Carolco Pictures (World-wide)
Thorn EMI Video (1983) (United States) (VHS)
National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1985) (United States) (TV)
Live Home Video (1988) (United States) (VHS)
Carolco Home Video (1990) (United States) (VHS)
Image Entertainment (1991) (United States) (Laserdisc) (video)
Artisan Entertainment (1995) (United States) (VHS)
Avid Home Entertainment (1995) (United States) (VHS)
International Video Entertainment (IVE) (1990) (United States) (VHS)
Live Home Video (1994) (United States) (Laserdisc) (video)
Worldvision Enterprises (1995) (United States) (syndication) (TV)
Artisan Entertainment (1998) (United States) (DVD)
Philips Media (United States) (CD-i) (video)
Artisan Entertainment (2003) (United States) (D-VHS) (video)
CBS Paramount Domestic Television (2006) (United States) (TV)
CBS Media Ventures (2007) (United States) (CBS Television Distribution) (TV)
Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2007) (United States)
Paramount Pictures (United States) (Netflix print) (video)
StudioCanal (2017) (World-wide)
Trifecta Entertainment and Media (2017) (United States) (syndicated print) (TV)
Rialto Pictures (2019) (United States) (reissue) (theatrical)
HBO Zone (2023) (United States) (TV)
Pluto TV (2023) (United States) (video)
HBO Video (United States) (laserdisc) (video)
Image Entertainment (United States) (video)
Paramount Global Content Distribution (2019) (World-wide)
RCA (United States) (Capacitance Electronic Disc) (video)

Filming Locations
Deep Cove, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Rambo's chest is cut by the Vietnamese)
Golden Ears Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada
Hope, British Columbia, Canada
Hudson Bay St at 5th Ave, Hope, British Columbia, Canada (During car/motorcycle chase, Rambo rides to the left of tree and Teasle drives on the right of it)
John Thomas Special Effects Stage, The Bridge Studios - 2400 Boundary Road, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada (Rambo in sewage pit; interior of mine; interior of army truck; deleted Vietnam bar scene) (demolished in 2017)
MacIntyre Rd., Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada (Delmar Berry's house)
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Pitt Lake, Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada
Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

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