Movie: A Distant Thunder

Top 10 Billed Cast

Patty Dunning
Patty Dunning

Patty Myers

Sally Johnson
Sally Johnson

Wenda Johnson

Thom Rachford
Thom Rachford

Jerry Bradford (as Tom Rachford)

Maryann Rachford
Maryann Rachford

Diane Bradford

Heidi Vaughn
Heidi Vaughn

Woman with baby at hospital

Russ Doughten
Russ Doughten

Reverend Matthew Turner

Kent Wagner
Kent Wagner

Curtis Page
Curtis Page

Jean Berg
Jean Berg

Sandy Christen
Sandy Christen

(as Sandy Stevens )

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  • Overview

    Patty is lying awake one night in a church basement, distraught and scared. She is to be executed the next morning for refusing to take the Mark of the Beast. Patty knows what lies ahead if she takes the mark but can still not believe in Christ.When those around her try to comfort her and encourage her to accept the Lord, she lashes out at them.

  • Release Date

    1978-05-24

  • Average

    4.6

  • Rating:

    2.3 starts
  • Tagline

    It begins where "A Thief In the Night" ENDED...

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English
  • Keywords

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