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Release Date:
22 October 1982 (USA)
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Tagline:
One war against one man. See more »
Plot:
A mentally unstable Vietnam war vet, when abused with a small town's police force, begins a one man war with it. Full summary » | Full synopsis »
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2 nominations
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(156 articles)
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In war, a hero, in peace, forsaken.
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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) |
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93 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-16 (video release) (1998) | Finland:K-18 (original rating) (1983) | Malaysia:18SG | Brazil:14 | Canada:14A (re-rating) | USA:R (certificate #26816) | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:18 | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A | Chile:18 | France:-12 | New Zealand:M (DVD rating) | New Zealand:R16 (VHS rating) | Norway:18 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | West Germany:16
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Continuity: When Rambo is driving truck over the bridge road block towards the end of the movie, it is daylight. When he reaches the town which is not that far from the bridge, it is dark.See more »
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Referenced in "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: The Good, the Bad and the Luau (#3.25)" (1999)See more »
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IT'S A LONG ROADSee more »
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This is a truly unique movie that quickly became obscured due to the later sequels. It tells the story of a man who survived one hell, only to return home despised and forsaken because of it. There was a time when America didn't quite know what to think of the lost war, and so it was forgotten - and the men who came out of it as well. Rambo finds he cannot survive this war, because it is still going on within him.
Finally, pushed too far by a small town sheriff, Rambo returns to the only thing he can relate to. War. Yet it is a war he almost mercifully wages on the macho egotistical deputies and week end warriors that pursue. To potentially misquote Rambo :
"I coulda killed them all, I could have killed you. In town you're the law, out here it's me. Let it go..."