Rolling Thunder

Name: Rolling Thunder
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: October 14, 1977
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 66
Cast: Cassie Yates, Dabney Coleman, James Best, James Victor, Lawrason Driscoll

1977

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American International Pictures (AIP) | Release Date: October 14, 1977 | TV-14

Starring: Cassie Yates, Dabney Coleman, James Best, James Victor, Lawrason Driscoll, Linda Haynes, Lisa Blake Richards, Luke Askew, Tommy Lee Jones, William Devane

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

Director: John Flynn

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: TV-14

Runtime: 95 min

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Tom Huddleston

At times deeply insightful, at others wholly crass, Rolling Thunder is a fascinating curio, the meeting point between realism and exploitation. Read full review

The Telegraph Patrick Smith

William Devane's performance – as Major Charles Rane, a former POW who sees his family get killed by hoodlums – remains magnetic: stoic and unhinged. Read full review

The Guardian Philip French

Devane gives a performance of anguished depth, the final carnage is spectacular and it's a time capsule of a movie. Read full review

Gary Arnold

John Flynn's crisp, laconic direction and evocative use of Southern Texas locations - the San Antonio area, with particularly effective, sinister excursions to border towns like Del Rio - transorm Rolling Thunder into a more distinctive exploitation movie than it deserves to be. [29 Oct 1977, p.B7]

Tom Breihan

Rolling Thunder is a bloody, nasty, complicated action movie for a bloody, nasty, complicated moment in American history. Read full review

Lee Cassanell

If you can forgive the cardboard villains and suspicious editing, there is plenty here to hold your interest. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Excellent cast performs well, but not well enough and Paul Schrader's story is strong, but not strong enough. In sum, it neither rolls nor thunders. Read full review

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VicFerrari

Nov 22, 2022

A group of Vietnam vets are released from a Viet Cong prison camp and return home to a hero's welcome. America has changed however, and so have they. Written by Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver) it's a slow burner that simmers then explodes into brutality. Good performances and a thoughtful scriptA group of Vietnam vets are released from a Viet Cong prison camp and return home to a hero's welcome. America has changed however, and so have they. Written by Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver) it's a slow burner that simmers then explodes into brutality. Good performances and a thoughtful script elevate this revenge flick.… Expand

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