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   <div class="large-6 columns">'''[[/Review|Rolling Thunder]]''' ([[:Category:1977|1977]], [[:Category:USA|USA]]) is a [[:Category:Crime|Crime-Revenge]] film directed by John Flynn.
   <div class="large-6 columns">'''[[/Review|Rolling Thunder]]''' ([[:Category:1977|1977]], [[:Category:USA|USA]]) is a [[:Category:Crime|Crime-Revenge]] film directed by John Flynn.
*'''Contents''': [[/Trailer|Watch Trailer]] | [[/Review|Film Review]] | [[/DVD|Available DVDs]] | [[/BluRay|BluRay]] | [[Rolling Thunder (1977)|Poster Art]] | [[/Press Kit|Press Kit]] | [[/Fun Facts|Fun Facts]]
*'''Contents''': [[/Trailer|Watch Trailer]] | [[/Review|Film Review]] | [[/DVD|Available DVDs]] | [[/BluRay|BluRay]] | [[Rolling Thunder (1977)|Poster Art]] | [[/Press Kit|Press Kit]] | [[/Fun Facts|Fun Facts]]
*'''Featured in''': [[42nd Street Forever: Volume 2 - The Deuce]] | [[Trailer Trauma 5: '70s Action Attack (BluRay)]]
*'''Featured in''': [[42nd Street Forever: Volume 2 - The Deuce]] | [[Trailer Trauma 5: '70s Action Attack (BluRay)]] | [[Drive In Delirium: Hi Def Hysteria - 60s & 70s Savagery (BluRay)]]
*'''Included in''': [[Quentin Tarantino's Top 20 Grindhouse Classics|Quentin Tarantino's Top 20]] | [[GCDb Top 20]]
*'''Included in''': [[Quentin Tarantino's Top 20 Grindhouse Classics|Quentin Tarantino's Top 20]] | [[GCDb Top 20]]
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====Main Details====
 
* Released in 1977 | Color
===Main Details===
* Released in 1977  
* Color
* Running Time: 95 Min.  
* Running Time: 95 Min.  
* Production Co: [[:Category:American International Pictures|American International Pictures]]
* Production Co: [[:Category:American International Pictures|American International Pictures]]
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* Directed by John Flynn
* Directed by John Flynn
* Written by Paul Schrader & Heywood Gould
* Written by Paul Schrader & Heywood Gould
* Starring: William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones, James Best, Linda Haynes, Dabney Coleman
* Starring: William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones, James Best
* Produced by Lawrence Gordon, Norman T. Herman
* Produced by Lawrence Gordon, Norman T. Herman
* Original Music by Barry De Vorzon
* Original Music by Barry De Vorzon
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*A returning war veteran loses his family to a violent home invasion and decides to seek and retaliate against those responsible.  
*A returning war veteran loses his family to a violent home invasion and decides to seek and retaliate against those responsible.  


====Also known as====
===Also known as===
* Der Mann mit der Stahlkralle (Germany) | El Ex-Preso de Corea (Spain)
* Der Mann mit der Stahlkralle (Germany)  
====Taglines====
* El Ex-Preso de Corea (Spain)
 
===Taglines===
* Major Charles Rane is Coming Home to War!
* Major Charles Rane is Coming Home to War!
* A Vietnam Vet Kills For Revenge
* A Vietnam Vet Kills For Revenge
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[[Category:1977]][[Category:Films]][[Category: Crime]][[Category:Action/Adventure]][[Category:American International Pictures]][[Category:USA]][[Category:Barry DeVorzon]][[Category:20t
[[Category:1977]][[Category:Films]][[Category: Crime]][[Category:Action/Adventure]][[Category:American International Pictures]][[Category:USA]][[Category:Barry DeVorzon]][[Category:20th Century Fox]]

Revision as of 04:37, 26 September 2022

Main Details

  • Released in 1977
  • Color
  • Running Time: 95 Min.
  • Production Co: American International Pictures
  • Distribution Co.: American International Pictures, Actueel Film (1979) (Netherlands) (theatrical), Ambassador Film Distributors (1977) (Canada) (theatrical)
  • Directed by John Flynn
  • Written by Paul Schrader & Heywood Gould
  • Starring: William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones, James Best
  • Produced by Lawrence Gordon, Norman T. Herman
  • Original Music by Barry De Vorzon
  • Cinematography by Jordan Cronenweth
  • Film Editing by Frank P. Keller

Plot Summary

  • A returning war veteran loses his family to a violent home invasion and decides to seek and retaliate against those responsible.

Also known as

  • Der Mann mit der Stahlkralle (Germany)
  • El Ex-Preso de Corea (Spain)

Taglines

  • Major Charles Rane is Coming Home to War!
  • A Vietnam Vet Kills For Revenge
  • Major Charles Rane Has Come Home To War!
  • Another Shattering Experience From The Author Of "Taxi Driver."
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