Directed by:
Jack SmightCinematography:
Harry Stradling Jr.Composer:
Jerry GoldsmithCast:
Jan-Michael Vincent, George Peppard, Dominique Sanda, Paul Winfield, Robert Donner, Jackie Earle Haley, Kip Niven, Murray Hamilton, Mark L. Taylor (more)Plots(1)
The world is devastated by a nuclear holocaust, causing the Earth to tilt on its axis and bringing vast meteorological chaos. As the weather stabilizes, mutated insects start to emerge, preying on the survivors. The surviving crew at a U.S. Air Force bomb shelter in the Mojave Desert picks up radio signals coming from Albany. The commander, Major Eugene Denton (George Peppard), unveils two armored vehicles he has constructed and announces a plan to cross Damnation Alley, the hundred-mile-wide strip between areas of radiation hazard, to join the survivors. They set off, taking on two civilians, a novice singer they find in the ruins of Las Vegas and a wild teenager (Jackie Earle Haley), along the way. The journey is also beset by giant mutated cockroaches, storms and crazed survivalists, making for some hair-raising escapes in this post-apocalyptic thriller. (Signal One Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Jan-Michael Vincent
USA
Best movies:
Buffalo '66 (1998)
The Winds of War (1983) (series)
The Undefeated (1969)
George Peppard
USA
Best movies:
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Home from the Hill (1960)
The Blue Max (1966)
Dominique Sanda
France
Best movies:
1900 (1976)
Conversation Piece (1974)
Navire Night (1979)
Paul Winfield
USA
Best movies:
The Terminator (1984)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
The Blue and the Gray (1982) (series)
Robert Donner
USA
Best movies:
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
El Dorado (1966)
Rio Bravo (1959)
Jackie Earle Haley
USA
Best movies:
Shutter Island (2010)
Watchmen (2009)
Little Children (2006)
Kip Niven
USA
Best movies:
Magnum Force (1973)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Midway (1976)
Murray Hamilton
USA
Best movies:
The Graduate (1967)
Jaws (1975)
Brubaker (1980)
Mark L. Taylor
USA
Best movies:
V: The Final Battle (1984) (series)
Marathon Man (1976)
Angel Heart (1987)
Seamon Glass
USA
Trent Dolan
USA
Best movies:
Capricorn One (1977)
The Cover Girl and the Cop (1989) (TV movie)
When a Stranger Calls (1979)
Daina House
USA
Best movies:
The Winds of Autumn (1976)
Damnation Alley (1977)