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Damnation Alley

  • 19771977
  • PGPG
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
5.3K
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Damnation Alley (1977)
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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.In a post-apocalyptic world, a group of survivors travel and find other settlements in huge custom designed all terrain vehicles.In a post-apocalyptic world, a group of survivors travel and find other settlements in huge custom designed all terrain vehicles.

IMDb RATING
5.2/10
5.3K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Jack Smight
  • Writers
    • Roger Zelazny(from the novel "Damnation Alley")
    • Alan Sharp(screenplay)
    • Lukas Heller(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jan-Michael Vincent
    • George Peppard
    • Dominique Sanda
Top credits
  • Director
    • Jack Smight
  • Writers
    • Roger Zelazny(from the novel "Damnation Alley")
    • Alan Sharp(screenplay)
    • Lukas Heller(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jan-Michael Vincent
    • George Peppard
    • Dominique Sanda
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 96User reviews
    • 64Critic reviews
    • 30Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

    Videos1

    Damnation Alley
    Trailer 2:23
    Damnation Alley

    Photos89

    "Damnation Alley" Paul Winfield 1977 20th Century Fox
    "Damnation Alley" Jan Michael Vincent 1977 20th Century Fox
    "Damnation Alley" 1977 20th Century Fox
    "Damnation Alley" Jackie E. Haley, Dominique Sanda, Jan Michael Vincent, George Peppard 1977 20th Century Fox
    "Damnation Alley" Paul Winfield 1977 20th Century Fox
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    Jan-Michael Vincent
    Jan-Michael Vincent
    • Tanneras Tanner
    George Peppard
    George Peppard
    • Dentonas Denton
    Dominique Sanda
    Dominique Sanda
    • Janiceas Janice
    Paul Winfield
    Paul Winfield
    • Keeganas Keegan
    Jackie Earle Haley
    Jackie Earle Haley
    • Billyas Billy
    Kip Niven
    Kip Niven
    • Perryas Perry
    Robert Donner
    Robert Donner
    • Mountain Man #1as Mountain Man #1
    Seamon Glass
    • Mountain Man #2as Mountain Man #2
    Trent Dolan
    • Technicianas Technician
    Mark L. Taylor
    Mark L. Taylor
    • Haskinsas Haskins
    Robert Hackman
    • Colonelas Colonel
    • (as Bob Hackman)
    Erik Cord
    • Burning Manas Burning Man
    Terence Locke
    • Air Policemanas Air Policeman
    • (as Terrence Locke)
    Marcia Holley
    • Gloriaas Gloria
    Roger Creed
    • Mountain Manas Mountain Man
    • (uncredited)
    Ulf Kjell Gür
    Ulf Kjell Gür
    • Musicianas Musician
    • (uncredited)
    Murray Hamilton
    Murray Hamilton
    • Gen. Landersas Gen. Landers
    • (uncredited)
    Daina House
    Daina House
    • Playboy Centerfoldas Playboy Centerfold
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Jack Smight
    • Writers
      • Roger Zelazny(from the novel "Damnation Alley")
      • Alan Sharp(screenplay)
      • Lukas Heller(screenplay)
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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    Storyline

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    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. —Brian W Martz <B.Martz@Genie.com>
    • ghost town
    • cockroach
    • articulated vehicle
    • travel
    • desert
    • 217 more
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    • Taglines
      • You have seen great adventures. You are about to live one.
    • Genre
      • Sci-Fi
    • Certificate
      • PG
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      This was 20th Century-Fox's big-budget science-fiction project in 1976. Hoping it would be a success, the studio made an effort to focus all the marketing on this film. At the same time, Star Wars (1977) was a little-publicized modest film, and the studio was convinced that it would fail. Ironically, Damnation Alley bombed while Star Wars became the biggest box office hit in history.
    • 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.
    • Quotes

      Maj. Eugene Denton: Tanner this is Denton! This whole town is infested with killer cockroaches. I repeat: KILLER COCKROACHES!

    • Crazy credits
      Opening credits prologue: 123rd STRATEGIC MISSILE WING TIPTON AFB, CALIFORNIA
    • Connections
      Edited from When Worlds Collide (1951)
    • Soundtracks
      Will the Circle Be Unbroken
      (uncredited)

      Performed by Jan-Michael Vincent and Paul Winfield

    User reviews96

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    If Irwin Allen Combined Mad Max, Deliverance & Them
    This notoriously hard to get (at least legitimately) movie follows the travails of five nuke apocalypse survivors in the late 1970s. Their task is to drive their armored personnel vehicle cum Winnabago from Bakersfield CA to Albany NY. On the way they stop off in Vegas, Salt Lake City and Detriot bumping into maniac mutant cockroaches and some radioactive hillbillies along the way. 99% of the time the sky is a swirling orangish red that transfers its Gatorade hues to most sequences in this movie. The locations are all dust, sand and rock... this is after all Damnation Alley and the Earth has been tilted off its axis. An absolute trash B movie that I'm sure many of those associated with would rather forget, it is nonetheless hugely compelling. After viewing you can appreciate the cult classic status of this film, yet to not be entirely sure why that is so.
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    • Mar 31, 2006

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 21, 1977 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Straße der Verdammnis
    • Filming locations
      • Somers, Montana, USA
    • Production companies
      • Zeitman-Landers-Roberts Productions
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $17,000,000 (estimated)
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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