This time he's fighting for his life.
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.
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Character
Earnest, grave, classical in form and bleak.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
Who loves it, who doesn't
30 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Ironists.
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Cast
- Sylvester StalloneJohn Rambo
- Richard CrennaCol. Samuel Trautman
- Brian DennehyHope Sheriff Will Teasle
- Bill McKinneyState Police Capt. Dave Kern
- Jack StarrettDeputy Sgt. Arthur Galt
- Michael TalbottDeputy Balford
- Chris MulkeyDeputy Ward
- John McLiamOrval the Dog Man
- Alf HumphreysDeputy Lester
- David CarusoDeputy Mitch
Crew
- Ted KotcheffDirector
- Michael KozollScreenplay
- William SackheimScreenplay
- Sylvester StalloneScreenplay
- David MorrellNovel
- Andrew LaszloDirector of Photography
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
- Joan E. ChapmanEditor
- Buzz FeitshansProducer
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