Night of the Twisters

Feb 18, 1996

1h 32m

★ 6.1

Overview

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.

Genres

Action

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Atlantis Films

MTM Enterprises

Fox Family Channel

PorchLight Entertainment

Night of the Twisters Trailers

Cast

Jack Hatch

John Schneider

Dan Hatch

Devon Sawa

Arthur Darlington

Amos Crawley

Laura Hatch

Lori Hallier

Stacy Darlington

Laura Bertram

Bob Iverson

David Ferry

Grandma Belle Hatch

Helen Hughes

Genny

Jhene Erwin

Officer Kelly Calvert

Graham McPherson

Stan

Ted Simonett

Phil

Don Allison

Harry

Markus Parilo

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