In which Sylvester Stallone sews up his own arm and the whole cinema turned away from the screen (or screamed). Steve McQueen did the same thing in the western Nevada Smith in 1966. But Stallone, using fishing wire, made it look like it hurt a lot more.

FIRST BLOOD

Ted Kotcheff

1982

Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, Bill McKinney, Jack Starrett

Screenplay by Michael Kozoll, William Sackheim and Sylvester Stallone; adapted from the novel First Blood by David Morrell

Title: FIRST BLOOD

Year: 1982

Director: Ted Kotcheff

Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, Bill McKinney, Jack Starrett

Writing: Screenplay by Michael Kozoll, William Sackheim and Sylvester Stallone; adapted from the novel First Blood by David Morrell

Genre tags: ACTION, WAR