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Night of the Twisters

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A coming-of-age story, adapted from Irv Ruckman's 1984 novel, about a teenager who bonds with his stepfather while the Blainsworth, Nebraska farm family battles a series of killer twisters.

Status: Released

Released Date: 1996-02-18

Runtime: 92 mins

Director: Timothy Bond

Spoken language: English

Genres: Action, Drama, TV Movie

Original title: Night of the Twisters

Production Companies: Atlantis Films, MTM Enterprises, Fox Family Channel, PorchLight Entertainment

Production Countries: Canada, United States of America

Cast

John Schneider

Devon Sawa

Amos Crawley

Lori Hallier

Laura Bertram

David Ferry

Helen Hughes

Jhene Erwin

Officer Kelly Calvert

Graham McPherson

Ted Simonett

Don Allison

Markus Parilo

Thomas Lastewka

Alex Lastewka

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