Rolling Thunder

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Rolling Thunder is a 1977 neo-noir revenge thriller film in which William Devane plays a traumatized Vietnam War veteran seeking violent retribution after a brutal attack on his family.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
revenge thriller film
alternateFormat theatrical film
character Charles Rane NERFINISHED
Johnny Vohden NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Jordan Cronenweth NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director John Flynn NERFINISHED
distributor 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED
editedBy Edward Warschilka NERFINISHED
Ralph Rosenblum NERFINISHED
filmingLocation San Antonio, Texas NERFINISHED
genre crime drama
neo-noir
revenge film
thriller film
hasCultFollowing true
influenced later revenge thrillers
leadActor Tommy Lee Jones NERFINISHED
William Devane NERFINISHED
mpaaRating R
musicBy Barry De Vorzon NERFINISHED
notableFor depiction of traumatized Vietnam veterans
graphic violence
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A former POW returns from the Vietnam War and seeks violent retribution after his family is brutally attacked.
portrays Tommy Lee Jones as Johnny Vohden NERFINISHED
William Devane as Charles Rane
producer Lawrence Gordon NERFINISHED
productionCompany American International Pictures NERFINISHED
releaseDate October 7, 1977
releaseYear 1977
runtimeMinutes 99
screenwriter Heywood Gould NERFINISHED
Paul Schrader NERFINISHED
settingLocation Texas NERFINISHED
starring Dabney Coleman NERFINISHED
James Best NERFINISHED
Linda Haynes NERFINISHED
Tommy Lee Jones NERFINISHED
William Devane NERFINISHED
subject Vietnam War veteran
post-traumatic stress disorder
revenge
vigilantism
timePeriodOfSetting post-Vietnam War era

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William Devane notableWork Rolling Thunder
Heywood Gould wroteScreenplayFor Rolling Thunder
Heywood Gould screenwritingDebutWork Rolling Thunder