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This prophetic series began with "A THIEF IN THE NIGHT," then came "A DISTANT THUNDER" ...and now the MIGHTIEST of them all... ...as the story continues
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Third and best known entry in the Mark IV series of fundamentalist apocalypse films. Fundamentalist... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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William Wellman Jr. ... David Michaels
Susan Plumb ... Kathy
Patty Dunning ... Patty Myers
Russell S. Doughten Jr. ... Reverend Matthew Turner
Wenda Shereos ... Leslie
Thom Rachford ... Jerry Bradford (as Tom Rachford)
Maryann Rachford ... Diane Bradford
Sandy Christen ... Sandy Stevens
David Crabtree
Ben Sampson
Justin Craig
Herb Brown (as Herbert Brown)
Ty Hardin ... The Missionary
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Kenneth J. Bussanmas ... Acolyte
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A Thief in the Night III: Image of the Beast (USA) (DVD box title)
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93 min
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Patty Myers: Sandy, I don't want to be here.
Sandy Stevens: Patty, we don't want you to be here, either! My sister just threw her life away for a God that doesn't even exist! Can't you see, Patty? Life is real! That guillotine is real! Take the Mark, Patty. Please.
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Follows A Thief in the Night (1972) more

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cheesy, 21 July 2005
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Author: sippymccloyina from United States

I saw this movie when I was a child and it terrified me. I still vividly recall images of the Rapture, the Mark of the Beast and the horrible fate of those Left Behind. It's the perfect movie to show your kids if you're a religious fanatic and you want your kids to start wetting the bed and crying in their sleep. It actually sowed the first seeds of my disbelief and started my move away from Christianity. If you have to resort to terrifying people in order to convert them instead of using rational discourse it doesn't say a whole lot for your belief system. This movie relies on the worst sort of emotional manipulation to convey its message. I didn't see the others in the series but since this is the best of the bunch I probably wouldn't bother with the others. I watched this movie again recently and I didn't find it terrifying at all, just really overwrought and annoying. If you like those cheesy Left Behind Books, you'll probably like this version of the Revelation fantasy. Oh, and the acting is really awful.

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