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First Blood is a 1972 American action-thriller novel by David Morrell about a troubled homeless Vietnam War veteran, known only by his last name of Rambo, who wages a brutal one-man war against local and state police in Kentucky.
Rambo: The Force of Freedom (also known simply as Rambo) is a 1986 American animated series based on the character of John Rambo from David Morrell's book First Blood and the subsequent films First Blood (1982) and Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985). [1]
The five films are First Blood (1982), Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), Rambo III (1988), Rambo (2008), and Rambo: Last Blood (2019). Its titular protagonist is a United States Army Special Forces veteran played by Sylvester Stallone , whose Vietnam War experience traumatized him but also gave him superior military skills, which he has used ...
David Morrell (born April 24, 1943) is a Canadian-American author whose debut 1972 novel First Blood, later adapted as the 1982 film of the same name, went on to spawn the successful Rambo franchise starring Sylvester Stallone. [1] He has written 28 novels, and his work has been translated into 30 languages. [2]
First Blood topped the U.S. box office for three weeks in a row, [28] and its $6,642,005 opening weekend was the best October opening at the time. [9] The film ended as a significant financial success, with a total gross of $51 million domestically, the highest-grossing film of the fall, [ 29 ] and the 13th highest-grossing film of the year .
John James Rambo (born July 6, 1947) is a fictional character in the Rambo franchise. [1] He first appeared in the 1972 novel First Blood by David Morrell, but later became more famous as the protagonist of the film series, in which he was played by Sylvester Stallone.
TVLine’s month-long #2025FirstLook series continues with a first look at the MacKenzie brothers in their younger years on the show’s upcoming prequel, Blood of My Blood. The new serie
First Blood, a 1972 novel by David Morrell; Rambo: First Blood Part II, a 1985 novelization by David Morrell based on Rambo: First Blood Part II; Rambo III, a 1988 novelization by David Morrell based on Rambo III; Rambo, a 1989 comic book series published by Blackthorne Publishing based on the Rambo franchise