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Damnation Alley ()

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In a post-apocalyptic world, a group of survivors travel and find other settlements in huge custom designed all terrain vehicles.
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Tanner
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Denton
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Janice
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Keegan
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Billy
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Perry
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Mountain Man #1
Seamon Glass ...
Mountain Man #2
Trent Dolan ...
Technician
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Haskins
Robert Hackman ...
Colonel (as Bob Hackman)
Erik Cord ...
Burning Man
Terence Locke ...
Air Policeman (as Terrence Locke)
Marcia Holley ...
Gloria
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Roger Creed ...
Mountain Man (uncredited)
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Musician (uncredited)
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Gen. Landers (uncredited)
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Playboy Centerfold (uncredited)
James R. Parkes ...
Mountain Man (uncredited)

Directed by

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Jack Smight

Written by

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Roger Zelazny ... (from the novel "Damnation Alley")
 
Alan Sharp ... (screenplay) and
Lukas Heller ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Maury M. Cohen ... associate producer (as Maury Cohen)
Hal Landers ... executive producer
Paul Maslansky ... producer
Bobby Roberts ... executive producer
Jerome M. Zeitman ... producer

Music by

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Jerry Goldsmith

Cinematography by

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Harry Stradling Jr. ... director of photography

Editing by

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Frank J. Urioste

Editorial Department

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Carole Keligian ... assistant editor
Willie Navarro ... assistant editor
Pat Shade ... assistant editor

Casting By

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Jane Feinberg
Mike Fenton

Production Design by

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E. Preston Ames ... (as Preston Ames)

Art Direction by

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William Cruse

Set Decoration by

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Norman Rockett

Makeup Department

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Lon Bentley ... makeup artist
Evelyn Preece ... hairdresser

Production Management

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William Davidson ... production manager (as William C. Davidson)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Michael D. Moore ... second unit director (as Michael Moore)
Donald Roberts ... assistant director
Bart Roe ... second assistant director

Art Department

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Donald B. Nunley ... property master (as Donald Nunley)
Mentor Huebner ... production illustrator (uncredited)
Jerry Kobold ... props (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Bruce Bisenz ... recording mixer
William Hartman ... sound editor
Edward Rossi ... sound editor (as Ed Rossi)
Theodore Soderberg ... rerecording mixer
Richard Sperber ... sound editor
Paul Wells ... rerecording mixer
Douglas O. Williams ... rerecording mixer (as Douglas Williams)

Special Effects by

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Milt Rice ... special effects
Gary L. King ... special effects assistant (uncredited)
Jay King ... special effects technician (uncredited)
Robert W. King ... special effects assistant (uncredited)
Paul Wurtzel ... special effects technician (uncredited)

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Margo Anderson ... visual effects editor (as Margo V. Anderson)
Mimi Gramatky ... laser animation (as Mimi Gramatki)
Clyde Tichenor ... laser consultant (as Clyde L. Tichenor)
Joseph Wallikas ... optical cameraman
Allen Blaisdell ... visual effects (uncredited)
Mimi Gramatky ... animation camera operator (uncredited)
Matthew Yuricich ... matte painter (uncredited)

Stunts

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Dean Jeffries ... stunt coordinator
Erik Cord ... stunts (uncredited)
Roger Creed ... stunts (uncredited)
Marcia Holley ... stunts (uncredited)
Dean Jeffries ... stunts (uncredited)
Bobby Porter ... stunt double: Jackie Earle Haley (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Armando Contreras ... grip
Clifford Hutchison ... gaffer
Tom D. May ... key grip (as Thomas May)
Richard Craig Meinardus ... first assistant camera
Ken Middleham ... micro photography
Rexford L. Metz ... photographer: second unit (uncredited)
Marv Newton ... still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Michael W. Hoffman ... wardrobe (as Michael Hoffman)
Jennifer L. Parsons ... wardrobe (as Jennifer Parsons)

Music Department

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Leonard A. Engel ... music editor (as Len Engel)
Arthur Morton ... orchestrator
Al Aarons ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Robert Adcock ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Dennis Budimir ... musician: guitar (uncredited)
Larry Bunker ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Billy Calkins ... musician: saxophone (uncredited)
Don Cristlieb ... musician: bassoon (uncredited)
Douglas Davis ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Vince De Rosa ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
David Duke ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Earl Dumler ... musician: oboe (uncredited)
Arni Egilsson ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Dominick Fera ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Susan Greenberg ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Norman Herzburg ... musician: bassoon (uncredited)
Arthur Hoberman ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Tommy Johnson ... Musician: tuba (uncredited)
Artie Kane ... musician: keyboards (uncredited)
Jim Kanter ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Armand Kaproff ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Dennis Karmazyn ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Milton Kestenbaum ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Harry Klee ... musician: saxophone (uncredited)
Jack Lesberg ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Sinclair Lott ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Abe Luboff ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Arthur Maebe ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Virginia Majewski ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Jack Marsh ... musician: bassoon (uncredited)
Malcolm McNab ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Don Menza ... musician: saxophone (uncredited)
Peter Mercurio ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Richard Nash ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
John Neufeld ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Lionel Newman ... conductor (uncredited)
Jack Nimitez ... musician: saxophone (uncredited)
Mike Nowak ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Richard Perissi ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Joe Porcaro ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Uan Rasey ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Emil Richards ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Gale Robinson ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Meyer Rubin ... orchestra contractor (uncredited)
Harry Schmidt ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
David Schwartz ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Frederick Seykora ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Ray Sherman ... musician: keyboards (uncredited)
Harry Shlutz ... musician: cello (uncredited)
David Shostac ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Eleanor Slatkin ... musician: cello (uncredited)
David Speltz ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Ann Stockton ... musician: harp (uncredited)
Sheridon Stokes ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Linn Subotnick ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Phillip A. Teele ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Louise Di Tullio ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Lloyd Ulyate ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Ken Watson ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Graham Young ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)

Transportation Department

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Steve Bonner ... mechanic (uncredited)
William Hogue ... driver (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Jerry Eye ... Animal Wrangler
Alan Ladd Jr. ... presenter
Stanley Brossette ... unit publicist (uncredited)
Jim Dannaldson ... zoological specialist (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

A small group of survivors at a military installation who survived World War 3 attempt to drive across the desolate wasteland to where they hope more survivors are living. Hopefully their specially built vehicles will protect them against the freakish weather mutated plant and animal life and other dangers along the way. Written by Brian W Martz

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Taglines You have seen great adventures. You are about to live one. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Les survivants de la fin du monde (France)
  • Straße der Verdammnis (Germany)
  • Callejón infernal (Spain)
  • 小街的毁灭 (China, Mandarin title)
  • Na Trilha do Inferno Nuclear (Brazil)
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Runtime
  • 91 min
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Box Office

Budget $7,200,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia The 12-wheeled "Landmaster" vehicle used in the film was created by Jefferies Automotive in Universal City, California. Despite the appearance of two "Landmasters" in the film, only one was built at a cost of $300,000 in 1976. The Landmaster is powered by a 391 cubic-inch Ford industrial engine, and features a fully-functional, custom-built "tristar" wheel arrangement, which could actually help it "crawl" over boulders. It also used an innovative steering mechanism that guided the vehicle, not by the front wheels, but by "bending" the middle section with hydraulic rams to affect a turn. The Landmaster's bodywork was made with 3/8-inch steel plating, which helped it tip the scales at over 10 tons. It was so tough, in fact, that it survived a 25-foot jump during testing with no damage. Once filming was completed in 1976, the Landmaster sat outside Jeffries Automotive for over 25 years, occasionally being used for television series and commercials. In 2005, it was purchased by a collector in Sacramento, California, and restored to a similar (but not exact) condition as it was for filming. After making an occasional local car show appearances, the Landmaster was vandalized while in storage, and then sold to legendary automobile customizer Gene Winfield. As of 2023, the original "Landmaster" is alive and well, and is available for public viewing at Gene Winfield's Custom Shop in Mojave, California, 100 miles north of Los Angeles. It is missing the rocket launcher and machine guns as seen in the film, but is otherwise intact and drivable. See more »
Goofs In the sequence with Tanner on the motorcycle with a female mannequin in the desert with the giant scorpions, in some shots it is a real woman instead of a mannequin on the motorcycle with Tanner. See more »
Movie Connections Edited from When Worlds Collide (1951). See more »
Soundtracks Will the Circle Be Unbroken See more »
Crazy Credits Opening credits prologue: 123rd STRATEGIC MISSILE WING TIPTON AFB, CALIFORNIA See more »
Quotes Maj. Eugene Denton: Tanner this is Denton! This whole town is infested with killer cockroaches. I repeat: KILLER COCKROACHES!
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