First Blood
Summary: A veteran Green Beret is forced by a cruel Sheriff and his deputies to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.
Release Date: October 22, 1982
Director:
Ted Kotcheff
Runtime: 1 h 33 min
MPAA: R
Distributor: Orion Pictures, Carolco Pictures, Thorn EMI Video, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Live Home Video, Image Entertainment, Artisan Entertainment, International Video Entertainment (IVE), Worldvision Enterprises, Rialto Pictures, Avid Home Entertainment, CBS Media Ventures, CBS Paramount Domestic Television, Carolco Home Video
Movie budget: $ 15,000,000
Domestic: $ 47,212,904
International: $ 78,000,000
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