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A Thief in the Night is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 9 january 1972 with Russell S. Doughten
A Thief in the Night (1972)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 9 january 1972
Length 1h9
OriginUSA
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Films based on the Bible, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Rating46%
A Thief in the Night is a 1972 Christian end times film produced by Russell S. Doughten. It is the first and best known film in Doughten's four-part series on the Rapture and Second Coming of Christ. The films together are often referred to collectively as the "Thief" or "Rapture" series.
Synopsis
Patty Jo Myers is a young woman who considers herself a Christian because she occasionally reads her Bible and goes to church regularly. She refuses to believe the warnings of her friends and family that she will go through the Great Tribulation if she does not accept Jesus. One morning, she awakens to find that her family and millions of others have suddenly disappeared. Gradually, Patty realizes that the Rapture, an event some interpret from the Bible, has happened and she and everyone else left behind are entering into the Great Tribulation, the last days of Earth, dominated by the Antichrist. A government system called UNITE (United Nations Imperium of Total Emergency) is set up and those who do not receive the mark identifying them with UNITE will be arrested. Patty desperately tries to avoid the law and the mark but is captured by UNITE. Patty escapes but is cornered by UNITE on a bridge, and falls from the bridge to her death.Actors
Russell S. Doughten
(Rev. Matthew Turner)
A Thief in the Night series
(1972)
(1978)
(1981)
(1983)Comments
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