Rolling Thunder
“Major Charles Rane has come home to war!”
A recently-returned Vietnam POW loses his family and his right hand during a violent home invasion, and seeks retribution against those responsible.
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William Devane
Major Charles Rane
Known for
24
Marathon Man
Tommy Lee Jones
Johnny Vohden
Known for
Men in Black
No Country for Old Men
Linda Haynes
Linda Forchet
Known for
Coffy
Brubaker
James Best
Texan
Known for
The Dukes of Hazzard
The Killer Shrews
Dabney Coleman
Maxwell
Known for
Boardwalk Empire
WarGames
Lisa Blake Richards
Janet
Known for
Return
House of Dark Shadows
Luke Askew
Automatic Slim
Known for
Cool Hand Luke
Easy Rider
Lawrason Driscoll
Cliff
Also in
Gray Lady Down
A Christmas for Boomer
James Victor
Lopez
Known for
Zorro
Boulevard Nights
Cassie Yates
Candy
Known for
Convoy
F.I.S.T.
Jordan Gerler
Mark
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Jane Abbott
Sister
Also in
Handgun
Quantum Leap
John Flynn Director · Paul Schrader Screenplay Heywood Gould Screenplay
Budget $2M · United States release November 2, 1977 · Produced in United States
Box office
Budget
$2,000,000
Production
American International Pictures
Production
Lawrence Gordon Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
United States · October 14, 1977
Premiere · (New York City, New York)
United States · November 2, 1977
Theatrical · (Bismarck, North Dakota)
Australia
April 1, 1978 · Theatrical
May 27, 1985 · Physical · VHS
Colombia
August 28, 1980 · Theatrical
France
April 5, 1978 · Theatrical
July 8, 2015 · Physical
Germany
May 30, 1980 · Theatrical · (cut)
Italy
June 12, 1989 · Theatrical
Japan
May 13, 1978 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 17, 1979 · Theatrical
Philippines
February 26, 1980 · Theatrical · (Davao)
Portugal
October 19, 1979 · Theatrical
Spain
September 1, 1982 · Theatrical
Sweden
February 6, 1978 · Theatrical
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