A Thief in the Night (film)

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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. A Thief in the Night was a pioneer in Christian film, bringing elements of horror into the genre. It was one of the first films to explore dispensational rapture theology within a fictional motif. The film became one of the decade's most widely distributed films and has been highly influential in the evangelical film...

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