Exercise In Terror

Exercise In Terror

October 6, 1986 TV Episode Rambo

Studio
Ruby-Spears Productions, Carolco Entertainment
Distributor
Worldvision

Synopsis

Gripper and his men hold 12 students hostage in the Statue of Liberty. General Warhawk is demanding a $50 million ransom or he threatens to blow up the statue and the kids. Rambo evades Warhawk's patrolling helicopter and ship by scuba diving to the statue. He then climbs to the top of the statue but is discovered by Sgt. Havoc in a helicopter. Rambo brings down the helicopter with a rope. Rambo climbs back up the statue and rescues the children from Gripper. Rambo lets Gripper escape for fear of the children being harmed by Havoc. Warhawk moves to France and threatens to blow up the Eiffel Tower. Rambo travels up the elevator which was delivering the ransom money but gets captured. Nomad and Havoc send Rambo back down tied to the bottom of the elevator but Rambo escapes. He climbs back up the tower and chases Havoc and Nomad away. Warhawk flees to his compound in Bagdinia. Rambo's team goes to Bagdinia to capture him. Kat latches on to the back of Havoc car and transmits their location. Kat gets caught by Havoc. Turbo and Rambo find Kat's transmitter and then move on to Warhawk's camp in a small boat. Kat escapes and Rambo and Turbo destroy the base. General Warhawk, Havoc, and Nomad get away but many of their men are captured.

Characters

John Rambo, Colonel Trautman, Gripper, Sergeant Havoc, Kat, Mad Dog/Spike, Turbo, Nomad, General Warhawk

Credits

Directing

Director
Michael Hack

Producing

Producer
Joe Ruby, Ken Spears, Haim Saban, Shuki Levy

Voices

Voice
Neil Ross (Rambo), Allan Oppenheimer (Colonel Trautman), Lennie Weinrib (Gripper), Peter Cullen (SergeantHavoc), Mona Marshall (Kat), Frank Welker (Mad Dog), Robert Ito (Black Dragon), James Avery (Turbo), Edmund Gilbert (Nomad), Michael Ansara (General Warhawk)

Music

Music
Haim Saban, Shuki Levy
Non-Original Music
Jerry Goldsmith

Production notes

VERY toned down from the Rambo films, Rambo is now a member of a rag-tag force of heroes called "The Force of Freedom," a liberal-minded and ethnically-mixed group of men and women, each with his or her own combat specialties. Rambo and the Freedom Force always seemed to come up against the evil organization SAVAGE, led by renegade General Warhawk.