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Director
  
Richard Compton

Music director
  
Fred Karlin

Duration
  

Language
  
English

4.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Drama

Producer
  
John W. Hyde

Country
  
USA

Ravagers (1979 film) movie poster
Release date
  
May 1979

Writer
  
Robert Edmond Alter (novel), Donald S. Sanford

Cast
  
Richard Harris
(Falk),
Ann Turkel
(Faina),
Art Carney
(Sergeant),
Ernest Borgnine
(Rann),
Anthony James
(Ravager Leader)

Similar movies
  
Land of Doom (1986), The Ultimate Warrior (1975), The Aftermath (1982), Ultra Warrior, Return to Frogtown (1993)

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A loner (Richard Harris), his new mate (Ann Turkel), an old man (Art Carney) and an aircraft carrier of survivors fight marauders in 1991.

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Ravagers (1979 film) movie scenes

Ravagers is a 1979 film directed by Richard Compton and based on the novel by Robert Edmond Alter. 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.

Ravagers (1979 film) movie scenes

In a post-apocalyptic world divided between two groups called the Flockers and the Ravagers, an adventurer and his "pleasure girl" try to find their way to a rumored safe haven called the Land of Genesis.

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) witnesses his wifes 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 – Falk
  • Art Carney – Sergeant
  • Anthony James - Ravager leader
  • Ernest Borgnine – Rann
  • Ann Turkel – Faina
  • Alana Stewart – Miriam
  • Woody Strode – Brown
  • Seymour Cassel – Blind Lawyer
  • Bob Westmoreland – Hank
  • Arch Archambault – Ravager #1
  • Olivia Barton – Mushroom Woman
  • Kate Bray - Grace
  • Billy Carmack – Thug with Sickle
  • Brian Carney – Foy
  • Kim Crow – Flocker Woman
  • Harvey Evans – Prison Guard
  • Kurt Grayson – Coop
  • Gordon Hyde – Bert
  • Steve Lashley – Ravager #2
  • George Stokes – Bant
  • Andre Tayir – Prisoner

    • 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 Stewarts voice was dubbed by actress Molly Wryn.

    References

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