Directed byRichard Compton Music byFred Karlin DirectorRichard Compton Music directorFred Karlin
Produced byJohn W. Hyde
executive
Saul David Based onnovel A Path to Savagery by Robert Edmond Alter StarringRichard Harris
Ernest Borgnine
Ann Turkel
Art Carney CastRichard Harris, Ann Turkel, Ernest Borgnine, Art Carney, Woody Strode SimilarArt Carney movies, Nuclear holocaust movies, Science fiction movies
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Ravagers is a 1979 film directed by Richard Compton and based on the 1966 novel Path to Savagery by Robert Edmond Alter. The screenplay concerns survivors of a nuclear holocaust, who do what they can to protect themselves against ravagers, a mutated group of vicious marauders who terrorize the few remaining civilized inhabitants.
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) 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
Richard Harris as Falk
Art Carney as Sergeant
Anthony James as Ravager leader
Ernest Borgnine as Rann
Ann Turkel as Faina
Alana Stewart as Miriam
Woody Strode as Brown
Seymour Cassel as Blind Lawyer
Bob Westmoreland as Hank
Arch Archambault as Ravager #1
Olivia Barton as Mushroom Woman
Kate Bray as Grace
Billy Carmack as Thug with Sickle
Brian Carney as Foy
Kim Crow as Flocker Woman
Harvey Evans as Prison Guard
Kurt Grayson as Coop
Gordon Hyde as Bert
Steve Lashley as Ravager #2
George Stokes as Bant
Andre Tayir as Prisoner
Production
The film was shot in Alabama.
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.
Reception
The Los Angeles Times called Ravagers "handsomely produced but relentless dull... doesn't have enough story to tell."