A Thief in the Night (1972)

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Director:

Donald W. Thompson

Writers:

Donald W. Thompson (story), Russell S. Doughten Jr. (story),

Stars:

Patty Dunning, Mike Niday, Colleen Niday

Cast

Cast overview:
Patty Dunning	...	Patty Myers
Mike Niday	...	Jim Wright
Colleen Niday	...	Jenny (as Coleen Niday)
Maryann Rachford	...	Diane Bradford
Thom Rachford	...	Jerry Bradford (as Tom Rachford)
Duane Coller	...	Duane
Russell S. Doughten Jr.	...	Reverend Matthew Turner
Clarence Balmer	...	Pastor Balmer (the good minister)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

end times | female protagonist | eschatology | christianity | bible prophecy | 

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Taglines:

...and there will be no place to hide.

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 March 1973 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Carlisle, Iowa, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$60,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mark IV Pictures Incorporated

Technical Specs

Runtime:

69 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

During the filming of the scene where Patty is walking over the railroad tracks on the bridge, Patty Dunning states in an interview that she did, in fact, drop down in between the trestles, and that she was really glad she weighed what she did at the time so that she didn't go all the way through, because the bridge was about 60 feet high.

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Goofs

During the chase scene towards the railway trestle the road appears one minute to have new yellow striping and the next cut having no striping. As the yellow striping don't have the old white ones underneath, the road must have been unmarked and painted during filming. The USA was converting their road markings from white to yellow during this period.

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Quotes

Pastor Balmer: [quoting Scripture] The world will be at ease; banquets and parties and weddings, just as it was in Noah's time before the sudden coming of the flood. People wouldn't believe what was going to happen until the flood actually arrived and took them all away. So shall My coming be. Two men will be working in the fields, one will be taken, the other left. Two women will be going about their household tasks, one will be taken and the other left. So be prepared for you know not what day your Lord is ...

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Crazy Credits

At the end of the movie, it says "THE END ...is near"

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Connections

Followed by The Prodigal Planet (1983)

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Soundtracks

I Wish We'd All Been Ready
Words and Music by Larry Norman

User Reviews

Good, Slick Movie

For a message film made by a religious group for the purpose of proseletizing, this is a very professional quality, well-made movie. It brings out the themes in a natural way, it has characters who are fun to watch. My one criticism is there is too long a period just showing Patty running and it gets boring after you've seen it a few times. But there's also plenty of people interacting and discussing their different views. The acting is also very good.