A Thief in the Night

A Thief in the Night (1972)

...and there will be no place to hide.

Patty, a young woman caught up in living for the present with little concern for the future, awakens one day to find her husband missing and the radio reporting that millions of people around the globe have mysteriously vanished. As dramatic, earth-shaking events begin to unfold around her, Patty realizes she is living in the end times spoken of in biblical prophecy.

Date of release
1972-01-09
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (11)
Runtime
1h 9m
Genres
Horror, Drama, Fantasy
Director
Donald W. Thompson
Collection
Thief in the Night Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

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.

Production

In 1972, Iowa-based filmmakers Russell Doughten and Donald W. Thompson formed Mark IV Pictures to produce A Thief in the Night. The two had met through their work for Paramount Pictures. Thompson, a newly born-again Christian, had been working in radio and produced television programs for Paramount.

Principal photography took place entirely on location in Iowa, with scenes being shot in Carlisle, the Iowa State Fair, and at Red Rock Dam.

The film's score was arranged by contemporary Christian music pioneer Ralph Carmichael. The film's title track "I Wish We'd All Been Ready", composed by singer and musician Larry Norman, is performed in the film by The Fishmarket Combo, a band made up of local Young Life student volunteers. The song went on to become the anthem of the Jesus movement.

Christian writer Hal Lindsey's 1970 non-fiction book The Late Great Planet Earth was an influence on the film and its Rapture depictions; Thief has been described as complementing Lindsey's book.

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