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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.
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 .
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 ...
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.
At the start of the Vietnam War, Trautman began his first combat tour as an adviser to the ARVN. Following his return to the United States, Trautman was selected to form a special forces unit along the lines of S.O.G. It was here that Trautman first met John Rambo, who at that time was a young man who had left both his home and an abusive ...
First Blood, a 1972 novel by David Morrell, basis for the 1982 film; First Blood, a 1980 novel by Charles Whiting, under the pseudonym Klaus Konrad; First Blood, a 1983 novel by Elizabeth Smither; The First Blood, a 1992 novel by Lou Cameron; First Blood, a 1993 novel by Claire Rayner; First Blood, a 2003 short story anthology by Lynn Abbey ...
Orcs: First Blood (variant title: Orcs (2004) [1]) is a series of books written by Stan Nicholls. It includes: Bodyguard of Lightning , Legion of Thunder and Warriors of the Tempest . The books focus on the conflicts between a group of orcs and humans , but through the unconventional view of the orcs.