Damnation Alley (1977)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

Jack Smight

Writers:

Roger Zelazny (novel)
Alan Sharp (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

21 October 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

You have seen great adventures. You are about to live one.

Plot:

In an post-apocalyptic world, a group of survivors travel and find other settlements in huge custom designed all terrain vehicles.

Plot Keywords:

Travel | Desert | Post Apocalyptic | Post Nuclear | Animal Attack

Cast

Jan-Michael Vincent	...	Tanner
George Peppard	...	Maj. Eugene Denton
Dominique Sanda	...	Janice
Paul Winfield	...	Keegan
Jackie Earle Haley	...	Billy
Kip Niven	...	Airman Tom Perry
Robert Donner	...	Man / Guard
Seamon Glass	...	Mountain Man #2
Trent Dolan	...	Technician
Mark L. Taylor	...	Haskins
Bob Hackman	...	Colonel
Terence Locke	...	Air Policeman
Marcia Holley	...	Gloria
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Erik Cord	...	Burning Man

Also Known As:

Survival Run

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Sound 360°

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Norway:16 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

The infamous armor-plated "killer cockroaches" are in fact Madagascar "hissing" cockroaches. In reality, they are three-inches long (as seen in the film), and are quite benign. They make the "hissing" sound to communicate with one another, and when they are agitated. Live roaches were used in close up shots, but rubber mock ups were used in the wide and group shots.

Quotes:

Maj. Eugene Denton: Don't go making something personal out of this. Perry is dead. That doesn't make you right and me wrong. It just means Perry is dead.

Movie Connections:

Edited from Operation Crossbow (1965)

BEST SCI FI VEHICLE DESIGN!!!

Wowza!

Now this movie aint great (far from it) but it aint horrid either. Just yer basic post nuclear sci-fi apocalypse survival flick.

Survivors get from point A to point B with a bunch of trouble in between. The trouble actually doesn't add up to much (look for roaches!) and the acting and storyline are at a minimum....BUT!!!!!!

The following things kicked ass!:

Beginning!--->creepy slow suspense as the world faces nuclear destruction!

Score!--->Great music sets the tone for the scenes (saving many)

Sky FX!--->tripped out! The skies are the best looking I've seen in any apocalyptic movie...way cool!

The SUV!!--->They actually built this thing! it works and works great! No scale model here, although I'm sure its looks are best viewed on the outside, but its done well, not cheap, handles the road great, and if i could find one, I'd buy it (look carefully at wheel design....amazing!)

Dats it, Dats all. B-movie sci-fi fun. No brainer..great for 2 for 1 rental, follow it with something that will get brain workin again.