This comes to us from my collection. It is a rare advertisement for First Blood from when the project was first promoted. Yep, Kirk Douglas was set to play Colonel Trautman.
Douglas left the production when he learned that the original ending (in which Douglas’ character killed Rambo) had been changed to allow Rambo to live. Richard Crenna was brought in and the rest, as they say is history.
The great Drew Struzan did the poster!
– Craig
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