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Rolling Thunder
Synopsis
William Devane plays a rare sympathetic role in Rolling Thunder, though his behavior is just as cold-blooded and sharkish as in any of his villainous assignments. Devane is cast as Maj. Charles Rane, a recently released Vietnam POW who is given a hero's welcome in his Texas hometown. Things sour pretty quickly, however: Rane's wife has lost all love for him, his son doesn't recognize him, and there are those in town who consider him a loser or baby-killer. All he really has to show for his ordeal in Nam is a cache of silver coins bestowed on him by the more sympathetic townsfolk. A scumbag gang of thieves decides to relieve Rane of his money; they kill his family, then torture and disfigure Rane to ascertain the whereabouts of the coins. Now living only for vengeance, the taciturn Rane heads to Mexico to exact his own brand of justice on the fleeing crooks. Tommy Lee Jones co-stars as Rane's best friend, Johnny Vohden, who unquestioningly agrees to help Rane in his mission of revenge.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Full Credits
  • Director:
    John Flynn, John Flynn,
  • Writer:
    Heywood Gould, Paul Schrader, Heywood Gould,
  • Producer:
    Norman T. Herman,
  • Cinematographer:
    Jordan Cronenweth,
  • Editor:
    Frank P. Keller,
  • Executive Producer:
    Lawrence Gordon, Samuel Z. Arkoff,
  • Cast:
    James Best, Dabney Coleman, William Devane, Linda Haynes, Tommy Lee Jones,
  • Assistant Editor:
    Cliffe Oland,
  • Second Assistant Director:
    Richard Alexander Wells,
  • Camera Operator:
    Thomas Del Ruth,
  • Script Supervisor:
    Frank Tudisco,
  • Property Master:
    Mark Wade,
  • Casting:
    Jane Feinberg, Mike Fenton,
  • Wardrobe Coordinator:
    Nancy McArdle,
  • Production Executive:
    David Sheldon,
  • Grip:
    Ron Veto,
  • Special Effects:
    Richard O. Helmer,
  • Production Manager:
    Tony Wade,
  • Story by:
    Paul Schrader,
  • Music Editor:
    Jay Alfred Smith,
  • Art Direction:
    Stephen Myles Berger,
  • Sound Mixer:
    Donald F. Johnson,
  • Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
    Jay M. Harding,
  • Sound Effects:
    Gene Corso,
  • Original Music Composer:
    Barry De Vorzon,
  • Makeup Artist:
    Charlene Roberson,
  • Assistant Director:
    Joseph Lenzi,
  • Stunts:
    Autry Ward, Steve Ward,
  • Orchestrator:
    Greig McRitchie,
  • Producer's Assistant:
    Elaine Gyorke,

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