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A Thief in the Night (1972)

A Thief in the Night poster
Directed by
Donald W. Thompson
Genre
thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 09m
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A young woman wakes up to find that many people have vanished and she has been left behind. She must decide how to survive as chaotic events unfold around her.

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What happens

A Thief in the Night is a 1973 American evangelical Christian horror film written by Jim Grant, and directed and produced by Donald W. Thompson. The film stars Patty Dunning, with Thom Rachford, Colleen Niday and Mike Niday in supporting roles. The first installment in the Thief in the Night series about the Rapture and the Tribulation, the plot is set during the near future, focusing on a young woman who, after being left behind, struggles to decide what to do in the face of the Tribulation. Three sequels were produced: A Distant Thunder (1978), Image of the Beast (1981), and The Prodigal Planet (1983). An additional three follow-ups were planned but ultimately unproduced. The film became one of the decade's most widely distributed films and has been highly influential in the evangelical film industry and American evangelical youth culture. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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