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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Richard Denning | ... | Rick | |
| Lori Nelson | ... | Louise Maddison | |
| Adele Jergens | ... | Ruby | |
| Mike Connors | ... | Tony Lamont (as Touch Connors) | |
| Paul Birch | ... | Jim Maddison | |
| Raymond Hatton | ... | Pete | |
| Paul Dubov | ... | Radek | |
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After a nuclear war, an unlikely group of people, including a rancher, a geologist, a crook and his girlfriend, find themselves trapped in the middle of nowhere while battling an ugly mutant created by Paul Blaisdell. The geologist and the crook also find the time to fight over the rancher's daughter, while the moll fumes. Written by Marty McKee <mmckee@wkio.com>
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