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Rolling Thunder

19776.8 / 10100 min

Action, Drama, Crime, Thriller

Overview

Major Charles Rane has come home to war!

A Vietnam veteran, Charles Rane, returns home after years in a POW camp and is treated as a hero. He has a hard time adjusting, and things go badly. A movie about the walking dead, before that meant just flesh-eating zombies.

Cast

William Devane

Major Charles Rane

Tommy Lee Jones

Johnny Vohden

Linda Haynes

Linda Forchet

James Best

Texan

Dabney Coleman

Maxwell

Lisa Blake Richards

Janet

Luke Askew

Automatic Slim

Lawrason Driscoll

Cliff

James Victor

Lopez

Cassie Yates

Candy

Jordan Gerler

Mark

Jane Abbott

Sister

Jerry Brown

Patrolman #1

Jacque Burandt

Bebe

Anthony Castillo

Street Urchin

Charles Escamilla

T Bird

Rudy T. Gonzales

Bartender

Robert K. Guthrie

Reporter #3

Ray Gutierrez

Tex-Mex

James N. Harrell

Grandpa

Randy Herman

Sanchez

Michael Nakamura

The Torturer

Pete Ortega

Melio

Paul A. Partain

Brother-in-Law

James Conner Pribble

Patrolman #2

Cheyenne Rivera

Gato

Carol Sowa

Betty Ann

Robert Raymond Reyes

Reporter #2

Arturo R. Tamez Jr.

Bartender

Bob Tisdale

Mr. Williams

Autry Ward

Texan #2

West Ward

Card Player

William Vance White

Bob

Michael R. Witte

Reporter #1

Alan Wong

Billa

Janet Quist

Prositute in Brothel (uncredited)

Steve Ward

Man in Brothel (uncredited)

Crew

John Flynn

Director

Tony Wade

Production Manager

Samuel Z. Arkoff

Executive Producer

Richard Alexander Wells

Second Assistant Director

Mark Wade

Property Master

Gene Corso

Sound Effects

Jay M. Harding

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Donald F. Johnson

Sound Mixer

Richard O. Helmer

Special Effects

Steve Ward

Stunts

Thomas Del Ruth

Camera Operator

Cliffe Oland

Assistant Editor

Greig McRitchie

Orchestrator

Jay Alfred Smith

Music Editor

Frank Tudisco

Script Supervisor

Elaine Gyorke

Producer's Assistant

David Sheldon

Production Executive

Norman T. Herman

Producer

Lawrence Gordon

Executive Producer

Barry De Vorzon

Original Music Composer

Jordan Cronenweth

Director of Photography

Frank P. Keller

Editor

Mike Fenton

Casting

Jane Feinberg

Casting

Stephen Myles Berger

Art Direction

Charlene Roberson

Makeup Artist

Joseph Lenzi

Assistant Director

Autry Ward

Stunts

William H. Burton Sr.

Stunt Coordinator

Ron Veto

Rigging Grip

Nancy McArdle

Wardrobe Designer

Greg Van Dyke

Transportation Coordinator

Paul Schrader

Original Story

Heywood Gould

Screenplay

Paul Schrader

Screenplay