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Rolling Thunder 1977 Action Thriller Movie
The movie follows Major Charles Rane, a Vietnam War veteran who returns home to a changed world. After being kidnapped and tortured by a Mexican gang, Rane seeks revenge against his tormentors with the help of a mysterious and violent stranger.

Cast: William Devane, as Major Charles Rane
Tommy Lee Jones, as Johnny Venge
Linda Haynes, as Linda Forchet
James Best, as Dr. Forchet

Release Year: 1977
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Runtime: 99 minutes
Director: John Flynn,

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Transcript
00:00Meow.
00:30San Antonio
01:00I've seen your rolling hills and winding rivers
01:06So clear that I could almost make them mine
01:13I can almost see the old Bandera Highway
01:20Stretching out of Puerto Mexico
01:26And the times we used to walk down by the river
01:34Now it seems like such a long, long time ago
01:42San Antonio, it's really good to see you
01:49It's been a while, but you've been on my mind
01:56I've been a lot of places
02:00But I think I've always known
02:04One day I'd come back to San Antonio
02:09Yeah, yeah
02:13Yeah, yeah
02:15Yeah
02:19Yeah
02:21Yeah
02:22Yeah
02:25Yeah
02:27Major, I sure do hate to face all them people.
02:53I'll put your glasses on, John.
03:23I'll put your glasses on, John.
03:30I'll put your glasses on, John.
03:37I'll put your glasses on, John.
03:44I'll put your glasses on, John.
03:51I'll put your glasses on, John.
03:56I'll put your glasses on, John.
04:00I'll put your glasses on, John.
04:28Welcome home, Major Rainer.
04:30Meet Mrs. Murphy.
04:31Hello, Mr. Murphy.
04:32Meet Colonel Burlingame.
04:34Welcome home.
04:35Meet Mrs. Burlingame.
04:36Welcome home.
04:37Meet Colonel Maxwell.
04:39Welcome home, Major.
04:42Meet Colonel Burlingame.
04:46Major Rainer, I'm sure the crowd would like to hear you say a few words.
04:55Good to be back.
04:57We knew all along that everyone back home from the President on down was behind us 100%.
05:04It was God and faith in our families that kept us going.
05:08Speaking for myself, I'd like to say that the whole experience has made a better man,
05:13a better officer, and a better American out of me.
05:16Thank you very much.
05:22You're very welcome.
05:24You're welcome.
05:25Thank you, sir.
05:26Major, Mrs. Grain and your son are right over this way.
05:29Hi, Daddy.
05:45Hello, son. How are you?
05:47Hi.
05:55Honey, oh.
05:57Oh, baby, did I just have you back?
05:58I was walking to see you yesterday.
06:00Oh, God, we've been looking forward to this day.
06:03Oh, I'm so glad you're home.
06:07Look at his hat. He's hot.
06:10Doesn't he look good?
06:13Major Rain, how do you feel about being back after seven years?
06:16Major, Major, do you feel me?
06:18I don't think it's time for that. You don't mind. Gentlemen, please.
06:22Is it true that you were starving?
06:24Colonel Maxwell, can you come?
06:26Come on.
06:32Charlie, I was so nervous that Cliff came by to drive us out.
06:38You remember Cliff?
06:42How you doing, Cliff?
06:43Real good, Charlie. God damn it, it's good to see you.
06:45Good to see you, too.
06:46Jesus Christ, looking good.
06:47Hey, let's get you out of here, okay?
06:52Oh, excuse me.
06:53Hey, Runt, not over there.
06:54Come on, get back with your daddy.
06:57Come on, Runt, let's move it.
06:58Come on.
06:59Come on.
07:08Major?
07:09Well, we made it, John.
07:12We're home.
07:14Take care of yourself now. You're gonna be fine.
07:16Oh, yeah.
07:17You ever get out to El Paso either?
07:18Hey, I'll be in there.
07:19Take care.
07:20Take care.
07:21You ever get out to El Paso either?
07:22Hey, I'll be in there.
07:23Take care.
07:24Aren't you glad your daddy's home?
07:25Hey, I'll be in there.
07:26Take care.
07:27Hey, I'll be in there.
07:28Take care.
07:52Aren't you glad your daddy's home?
07:53you glad your daddy's home? Sure. Remember what Dr. Maxwell said, it'll take a little
07:59while for you two to get to know each other, but you will. Why is he standing out in the
08:03work shed? Just because it's small and quiet out there. Charlie, come in.
08:12That's a real pretty shotgun you got me for a present. Thank you. Cliff took me down to his special
08:28police gun store to get it. He helped me pick it out. Says it's as good as they come. Sleep tight.
08:42Well, that was real nice of Cliff. Maybe you and I can go out and take a little target
08:49practice with it. What do you say? Okay. We'll do it. Why don't you get some sleep? I'll talk
08:55to you in the morning, huh? Where'd you find that? In the living room. Mom said it was yours.
09:04It's all right. I just didn't know you had it. I carried that around with me for a long
09:12time. See where I was, uh, we didn't get to see the American flag very often. In jail?
09:22Jail? Well, I guess so, yeah. I made that myself. I collect little pieces of thread and cloth and...
09:30Well, it took a long time. But I made it. Every morning, all the men in my compound would
09:37come in and salute it. That little thing?
09:41Yep. That little thing. Sometimes we'd even whisper the Star Spangled Banner.
09:49Do you remember me? I mean, what I looked like when I was a baby?
09:54Sure. Of course I do. Every last detail. Why don't you take that as a present for me?
10:07Thanks.
10:10You don't remember me, do you? Well, there's no reason why you should. When I left, you were
10:18only about that big. About 18 months old. But you knew your daddy then, Mark. You knew me.
10:31Last thing I remember just before I was getting on the plane to go overseas with your little legs
10:36toddling up toward me saying, Daddy, Daddy. You were some tough little guy?
10:42Well, why don't you get some sleep, son? Look, Daddy.
10:59Did you leave the nightlight on? Can't sleep without it.
11:03He seems a little confused. Yeah, he's been that way for weeks. Had a 104-degree fever for three
11:14days. Vomiting and diarrhea. Dr. Maxwell says it's nothing organic. It's just nerves. It's a
11:28problem that POW families have. Among others.
11:43You didn't change the house much, did you? Didn't change a thing. You had all the back pay.
11:50I didn't touch a penny of it. As soon as I found out you were alive. Alive? Well, in the prison camp,
12:03whatever you call it. Anyway, I was working. I decided just to leave it in the bank for you to do
12:15what you wanted with it. That's real nice to hear. I, uh, I got you a present. A special one.
12:27I hope you remember.
12:45Mounds, huh? Yeah. Remember how you used to eat them when we first went together? I told you that your teeth
12:54were gonna fall out. I had one of those in my flight jacket the day I went down. I tried to save it.
13:02I took a little bite out of it every day for six months. Oh, Charlie.
13:07You've changed your hair. Yeah. About a hundred times in the last three weeks.
13:21And you're not wearing a brassiere? Nobody wears them anymore. Didn't they tell you that?
13:28No. They told us about miniskirts, but, uh, I never thought we'd get to see one.
13:34Well, I have one. You want me to try it on?
13:39You don't have to do that.
13:45Charlie. I've, uh, I've been with another man.
13:53Well, aren't you gonna say anything? You just gonna sit there?
14:08Well, Charlie, I didn't know when you were coming back or if you ever would.
14:12I tell you, the men around here don't respect anything.
14:18But I told you all the guys that called me up, a lot of your friends from the base,
14:22I didn't even look at them. And then Cliff.
14:29He and Peggy split and, uh, she took the kids to California.
14:34And Cliff started coming over, playing with Mark and fixing things up around the house.
14:44He didn't make a pass at me. I mean, he didn't even do it at all, Charlie.
14:48I knew what he wanted, but he never did anything about it.
14:53And then it just seemed like the two of us just had to.
15:02I knew. We all knew.
15:05Couldn't have been any other way.
15:06Cliff asked me to marry him, Charlie. And I, I said I would.
15:23I don't think I'm up for any more of this.
15:28Why don't you go to bed?
15:31We'll work this all out.
15:34What are you gonna do?
15:36I'm just gonna sit here.
16:06I'm just gonna sit here.
16:13I'm just gonna sit here.
16:22I want my mom.
16:29I want my mom.
16:30I can't sleep.
16:46Those pills you gave me don't work anymore.
16:51Well, after seven years, it's going to take some time to readjust.
16:56I had everything worked out, but nothing going the way I planned.
17:00My wife wants a divorce, but I suppose you already knew that.
17:07Mm-hmm.
17:09Does that make you angry?
17:16It's important to me that I stay close to my son.
17:21I won't let him go.
17:24You won't have to.
17:30Now, no matter what happens, I won't let him go.
17:36I won't let him go.
17:54All right, folks, keep it quiet.
18:09Major Rain, to help you travel on the road to success in style,
18:14Rogers Motors is proud to present to you the keys to that Cadillac convertible.
18:18Thank you very much.
18:24And as a special presentation,
18:32the young Texas belle who wore your Viva bracelet all while you were away.
18:36It's Linda Poitier. Linda?
18:49Major,
18:50I've been looking forward to the day that I'd be giving this back to you.
18:57Thank you very much.
19:03And Grin's department store would like to present you with a token of our respect,
19:08admiration, and hope for the future.
19:11One silver dollar for every day you earn Hanoi's hellhole.
19:15That amounts to a grand total of $2,555.
19:19Oh.
19:21And one for good luck.
19:26Thank you very much.
19:33What are you going to do with all the silver dollars?
19:36Oh, I guess I'll take them home and hide them.
19:38You should try talking to Charlie about it.
19:55What should I tell them?
19:57I'm sorry they shot you down and tortured you.
20:00Sorry I'm taking your family away from you.
20:04I sure didn't want it to work out like this.
20:06I didn't either.
20:14Hey.
20:17Hey.
20:20Hey, come on.
20:22Come on.
20:24It's going to be all right.
20:28I'll try talking to him.
20:32If I feel so guilty.
20:36Come on, run.
20:45Check it over here.
20:48Now over to Daddy.
20:50No, no, no.
20:52You guys go ahead.
20:54I'm beat.
20:54Buy you a drink?
21:12Sure.
21:12Sure.
21:12I'm bothering you, man.
21:21Just tell me to leave.
21:24No, it's all right.
21:27I mean, hell.
21:31I wouldn't blame you if you came after me with a damn tire on or something.
21:33Well, why would I want to do something like that?
21:39After everything that's happened.
21:48Hell, what kind of a man would I be if I went and hid someplace without talking about him?
21:51Welcome home, Charlie.
22:03It's good to be home, Cliff.
22:04I got to say this, Charlie.
22:10I really admire you.
22:12Well, thank you, Cliff.
22:14I mean, I've been in some scrapes.
22:15I know what I can do.
22:17But, uh...
22:19Well, anyone who wasn't over there has to ask himself if...
22:22If he could have taken...
22:24You know, getting tortured and all.
22:26I mean, them gooks had no mercy.
22:33Well, you don't want to hear about that, Cliff.
22:35No.
22:36No way.
22:38I don't even want to think about it.
22:41You know, you're lucky.
22:43You're lucky they didn't ruin you for life.
22:48You want to know what they did?
22:50No.
22:52Sure you do.
22:53I'll show you.
22:56See, they had this little rope trickle.
22:58Yeah?
22:59Yeah, they were.
23:00Kind of happy with it.
23:02What they did was, see, is they got you down on your knees in front of them, see?
23:05Like this.
23:08Then they tied your arms behind you.
23:10See, here.
23:11Here, help me out.
23:12Come on.
23:13Just help me out.
23:14Tie that arm to this one real close.
23:16Okay.
23:20Like this?
23:21That's right.
23:21Perfect.
23:22Well, tighter, man.
23:24They did it tighter.
23:25All right.
23:26You, uh, sure you want to go through this again, aren't you, Charlie?
23:29Yeah, of course I'm sure.
23:31Go ahead now, you take on the loose ends.
23:33All right.
23:33And you pull it up in the air like you're going to take me clear on up to the ceiling.
23:36All right.
23:37Like this?
23:37All right.
23:38That's it.
23:38Higher, man.
23:42Higher till you hear the bones starting to crack.
23:44That's it.
23:45Higher!
23:50Come on.
23:51Higher!
23:52Higher!
23:53All right, Charlie.
23:54That's enough.
23:55You used to do that to us twice a day.
24:12I don't know how you took it.
24:18You learn to love the rope.
24:21That's how you beat it.
24:22That's how you beat people who torture you.
24:29You learn to love them.
24:31And they don't know you're beating them.
24:32Listen, Cliff.
24:43I hope you don't mind me saying this to you.
24:46But I'd really appreciate it if you didn't call my kid a runt.
24:51I won't.
24:54Sorry, Charlie.
24:58He was looking at you.
24:59How do you do, fellow?
25:19What can you do for you?
25:21Oh, how about give me $10 worth of premium?
25:23Thank you, sir.
25:48Major Wayne?
25:51Hi.
25:51Hi.
25:54Linda Forche, the girl who wore your bracelet.
25:58Oh, yeah. I remember. How are you?
26:01Fine.
26:03I like your shirt. You been shopping?
26:06Yeah.
26:08Oh, bud, come on. I'll buy you a drink to your new wardrobe, okay?
26:12No, I gotta be getting back.
26:14Hey, are you gonna be the first guy to say no to me?
26:17Come on.
26:19I guess not. Why don't you hop in? I'll park your car.
26:37I work here at night.
26:40What are you doing here now?
26:42I'm just hanging out. I come in and I water the plants.
26:47I socialize.
26:52B.B., bring me Tom Collins. Major, will you drink it?
26:58I'll have a tap of beer.
27:00You Major Charles Rain?
27:02Yes, ma'am.
27:04B.B., the man's thirsty.
27:07Well, you sure shouldn't be.
27:12You pay no attention to the village idiot.
27:21I've been hoping to run into you like this.
27:24Would you believe that I was gonna slip you my number that day
27:29that gave you those dumb silver dollars?
27:31And being married now, I was just like,
27:34whoa, baby, get a hold of yourself.
27:42This round's on Andy, Major.
27:45It's a bartender.
27:46Would you thank him for me, please?
27:48Well, happy days.
27:52I was looking at you.
28:02Here's looking at you.
28:07You're the strong, silent type, aren't you?
28:10No, I'm just a little rusty. I'm a small talk.
28:12Hey, I didn't mean anything bad.
28:17I don't mind carrying the ball.
28:18Shoot, it's a pleasure after all the fat, mild and drunks
28:21I have to put up with.
28:24Well, I gotta be getting back anyway.
28:27You know, I'd like you to thank your friends for me.
28:29That was really nice.
28:31And, uh, I'd like to thank you, too,
28:33for wearing my bracelet all that time.
28:35I really appreciate that.
28:39It's the very least I could do.
28:42I'd like to do more.
28:46Yeah, well...
28:51We'll come back and see me now, okay?
28:52Uh, Wednesday through Sunday night.
28:57Sure, I'll be good.
29:01Bye.
29:02Bye.
29:12Hey, come on, let's go.
29:13Come on.
29:14Come on.
29:15I'll wait to go for you.
29:16What's going on?
29:17That's the way.
29:18Hey, come on.
29:19Get out of the way.
29:20Get it.
29:21Get it.
29:22Get it.
29:23Get it.
29:24Get it.
29:25Get it.
29:26Go, Farmy.
29:32Get it.
29:34Get out of the way.
29:35Get it.
29:36Get it.
29:38Get out of the way.
29:39You want to go?
29:41Let's go!
29:42You're ready!
29:43You're ready!
29:45You're ready.
29:47Come on!
29:49Come on!
29:51Come on!
29:53Let's go!
29:55Hey, come on! Let's go!
29:57I want it!
29:59I want it!
30:01I want it!
30:03I want it!
30:05Let's go!
30:37Come on, Major, and have a seat.
30:46Hello, Major.
30:52Saw you on TV.
30:55You look good.
30:56You really did.
30:57You look good.
30:59We also saw them give you a whole shitload full of silver dollars.
31:04And me and the boys, we were in the neighborhood,
31:06and we thought maybe you should give us some of them silver dollars.
31:11Hmm?
31:13Now, if you'll just be so kind as to tell us where all that money is,
31:18then we can just be on our way.
31:21No fuss, no mush.
31:24You ain't gonna do it.
31:37Well, these are mean old boys.
31:39They can make you tell me where the money is.
31:43...
31:49Miriam.
31:51...
31:52...
31:54I don't know.
32:24I didn't hear you, boy.
32:35Now you are going to tell us where that money is sooner or later.
32:40I would suggest sooner.
32:43Because later may be too late.
32:52He ain't cooperating worth a shit.
32:54I don't know what to do with him.
32:59Get him up, Amelia.
33:03Now don't give me any of that officer horrid shit.
33:09Because I was right there in Norma the rest of you, except I was laying face down in the mud while you cats was flying over.
33:15Come on.
33:18Now what do you got to say?
33:21Ring.
33:24Major Charles W.
33:26396-84-69.
33:35He's a rough old boy, ain't he?
33:36Ain't he?
33:40This dude's crazy.
33:41He ain't going to do too well in the information department.
33:49Goddamn you.
33:51I'll make this motherfucker talk fetch him.
33:52I'll make this motherfucker talk fetch him.
33:53I'll make this motherfucker talk fetch him.
33:54I'll make this motherfucker.
33:55Come on.
33:56Come on.
33:57Come on.
33:58Come on.
34:02Come on.
34:03Come on.
34:05Go on.
34:07Come on.
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