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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| William Devane | ... | Major Charles Rane | |
| Tommy Lee Jones | ... | Johnny Vohden | |
| Linda Haynes | ... | Linda Forchet | |
| James Best | ... | Texan | |
| Dabney Coleman | ... | Maxwell | |
| Lisa Blake Richards | ... | Janet (as Lisa Richards) | |
| Luke Askew | ... | Automatic Slim | |
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Lawrason Driscoll | ... | Cliff |
| James Victor | ... | Lopez | |
| Cassie Yates | ... | Candy | |
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Jordan Gerler | ... | Mark |
| Jane Abbott | ... | Sister | |
| Jerry Brown | ... | Patrolman 1 | |
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Jacque Burandt | ... | Bebe |
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Anthony Castillo | ... | Street Urchin |
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Major Charles Rane comes back from the war and is given a number of gifts from his hometown because he is a war hero. Some greedy thugs decide that they want to steal a number of silver dollars from him. In the process they also manage to kill his wife and son and destroy his hand. The Major wants revenge so he enlists the help of his war buddy Johnny to meet the thugs in a final showdown. Written by Josh Pasnak <chainsaw@intouch.bc.ca>
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murder of family | death of family | haunted by the past | martial arts | vigilante justice |Taglines:
Major Charles Rane Has Come Home To War! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
6 February 1978 (Sweden) See more »Also Known As:
Der Mann mit der Stahlkralle See more »Company Credits
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Johnny: Major, I sure do hate to face all them people.
Major Charles Rane: Then put your glasses on, John.
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In his 1982 book 'Adventures in the Screen Trade,' William Goldman called an advance screening of this movie "the most violent sneak reaction of recent years... the audience actually got up and tried to physically abuse the studio personnel present among them." See more »Goofs
In one scene Major Rane has circles around his US insignias on his Air Force dress blue jacket. In other scenes in the movie he doesn't have circles around his US insignias. Only Air Force enlisted dress blue jackets have circles around the US insignias. Air Force officer dress blue uniforms do NOT have circles around the US insignias. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Johnny: Major, I sure do hate to face all them people.
Major Charles Rane: Then put your glasses on, John.
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The editor on this film, Frank P. Keller, died shortly after working on the film. He also was the editor on Bullitt. He won the Oscar for editing on that film. Rolling Thunder has a very strong and deliberate editing style and pace--it all hangs together very well--and the action cutting is very tight. The quick cutaways to the blue-tinted POW torture scenes work very well too. I think part of the reason this film is so cool is Keller's editing.