Ravagers (film)

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Ravagers
File:The Ravagers 1979 film poster.jpg
U.S. theatrical release poster
Directed by Richard Compton
Produced by John W. Hyde
Screenplay by Donald S. Sanford[1]
Starring Richard Harris
Ernest Borgnine
Ann Turkel
Art Carney
Music by Fred Karlin
Edited by Maury Winetrobe
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release dates
May 1979
Running time
87 mins
Country USA
Language English

Ravagers is a 1979 film directed by Richard Compton and based on the novel by Robert Edmond Alter.[2] In the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust survivors do what they can to protect themselves against ravagers, a mutated group of vicious marauders who terrorize the few remaining civilized inhabitants.

Plot

In the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust, animal-like creatures known as "the ravagers" roam the earth and kill all survivors. A man named Falk (Richard Harris)[3] witnesses his wife's murder by the creatures. Seeking vengeance, Falk becomes a vigilante.

He joins a small community, led by Rann (Ernest Borgnine), living aboard a ship anchored off shore. The ship is destroyed in an attack by the ravagers. Falk then leads his fellow survivors on a desperate quest for a place where they can live in peace.

Cast

Releases

Ravagers is part of a long line of Hollywood-backed post-apocalyptic films from the 1970s which are quite rare to find on television or home video. In the UK the film was released on Betamax and VHS. Alana Stewart's voice was dubbed by actress Molly Wryn.[4][5]

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