First Blood (1982) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Ted Kotcheff.

Cast

• Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo
• Richard Crenna as Col. Samuel Trautman
• Brian Dennehy as Hope Sheriff Will Teasle
• Bill McKinney as State Police Capt. Dave Kern
• Jack Starrett as Deputy Sgt. Arthur Galt
• Michael Talbott as Deputy Balford
• Chris Mulkey as Deputy Ward
• John McLiam as Orval the Dog Man
• Alf Humphreys as Deputy Lester
• David Caruso as Deputy Mitch
• David L. Crowley as Deputy Shingleton
• Don MacKay as Preston
• Charles A. Tamburro as Helicopter pilot
• David Petersen as Trooper
• Craig Huston as Radio operator
• Patrick Stack as Lt. Morgen
• Stephen E. Miller as Guardsman #1
• Raimund Stamm as Guardsman #2
• Robert Metcalfe as Guardsman #3
• Stephen Dimopoulos as Guardsman #4
• Bruce Greenwood as Guardsman #5
• Earl Klein as Guardsman #6
• Danny Wozna as Boy
• Peter Lonstrup as Attendant
• Mike Winlaw as TV Reporter
• Donald Adams as Guard C.O.
• David Menzies as Miner
• Frank Richter as Man on Street #1
• Grahman L. Galativk as Man on Street #2
• Amy Alexander as Woman on Street
• Gary Hetherington as Hunter
• Alex Kliner as Hunter
• R.G. Miller as Hunter
• Bruce Paul Barbour as Robert A. Cathcart (uncredited)
• Stephen Chang as VC Commander (uncredited)
• Suzee Pai as Vietnamese Prostitute (uncredited)
• Robert Prowse as Soldier (uncredited)
• Jack Rigg as Bobby - The Base Camp Radio Operator (uncredited)
• Helene Udy as Small Girl (uncredited)

Crew

• Sylvester Stallone — Screenplay
• Ted Kotcheff — Director
• Michael Kozoll — Screenplay
• Buzz Feitshans — Producer
• Jerry Goldsmith — Original Music Composer
• Andrew Laszlo — Director of Photography
• William Sackheim — Screenplay
• David Morrell — Novel

Movies like First Blood

If you enjoyed First Blood, these movies have a similar feel:

• Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
• Missing in Action (1984)
• Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985)
• Platoon (1986)
• Eye of the Tiger (1986)
• The Last Stand (2013)
• The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008)
• Punishment Park (1971)
• Blind Fury (1989)
• Citizen Vigilante (2026)
• Hamburger Hill (1987)
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