Crash

Crash

November 26, 1986 TV Episode Rambo

Studio
Ruby-Spears Productions, Carolco Entertainment
Distributor
Worldvision

Synopsis

Rambo is in his mountain cabin when he hears an airplane in distress. He flies his helicopter to the airplane's crash site but it crashes too. The plane was transporting a doctor and his patient, Nickie, to the hospital. The orphan boy is in dire need of a kidney operation. The doctor sustained a broken leg and stays at the crash site. In the morning, Rambo begins the long journey to the hospital on foot. General Warhawk's men overheard Rambo's distress signal the night before and attack them. General Warhawk's men capture the boy and bring him to Warhawk's helicopter. Rambo, pretending to give up, boards Warhawk's helicopter and rescues Nickie. Warhawk's helicopter is disabled. Almost at his destination, Rambo is intercepted by Mad Dog's gang. One of Mad Dog's men drives Nickie to the hospital. The rest tie Rambo up and hang him on an overpass to be hit by an oncoming train. As the train approaches, Rambo escapes. Nickie's kidney transplant is successful and an announcement is made that he will be adopted by the doctor.

Characters

John Rambo, Colonel Trautman, Gripper, Sergeant Havoc, Spike/Mad Dog, General Warhawk, Jerkface, Razor, Nickie

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.