# Rolling Thunder (1977)

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**Runtime**: 100 min
**Genres**: Action, Drama, Crime, Thriller
**Directed by**: John Flynn
**Written by**: Paul Schrader, Heywood Gould
**Starring**: William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Haynes, James Best, Dabney Coleman, Lisa Blake Richards

> *Major Charles Rane has come home to war!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Texas summer dusk, a worn motorcycle. 
A veteran returns home to a hero's welcome, uneasy silence. 
John Flynn directs a gritty 70s thriller.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, gut-punch, raw

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