Ravagers (film)
{{infobox film
| name = Ravagers
| image = The Ravagers 1979 film poster.jpg
| caption = U.S. theatrical release poster
| director = Richard Compton
| producer = John W. Hyde
executive
Saul David
| starring = Richard Harris
Ernest Borgnine
Ann Turkel
Art Carney
| music = Fred Karlin
| cinematography = Vincent Saizis
| editing = Maury Winetrobe
| screenplay = Donald S. Sanford{{cite news |date=2011-02-15 |title='Midway' writer Donald S. Sanford dies at 92 |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118032330?refCatId=13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220071440/https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118032330?refCatId=13 |archive-date=2011-02-20 |accessdate=2011-02-24 |work=Variety}}
| based_on = novel A Path to Savagery by Robert Edmond Alter
| studio = Cinecorp
| budget = $4 million{{cite news|title=Redgrave Asks Israel Boycott|last= Lee|first= Grant|newspaper= Los Angeles Times |date = 10 June 1978|page= d5}}
| distributor = Columbia Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1979|05}}
| runtime = 87 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
Ravagers is a 1979 American science fiction action film directed by Richard Compton and based on the 1966 novel Path to Savagery by Robert Edmond Alter.{{cite web| url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3264603.Path_to_Savagery| title=Path to Savagery by Robert Edmond Alter| publisher=goodreads.com| accessdate=29 July 2010}} 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.
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){{cite web| url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001321| title=Richard Harris at the internet movie database| publisher=imdb.com| accessdate=29 July 2010}} 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
- Ernest Borgnine as Rann
- Anthony James as Ravager leader
- Art Carney as Sergeant
- Ann Turkel as Faina
- Alana Stewart as Miriam
- Woody Strode as Brown
- Seymour Cassel as Blind Lawyer
- Harvey Evans as Prison Guard
- 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
- Bob Westmoreland as Hank
- Kurt Grayson as Coop
- Gordon Hyde as Bert
- Steve Lashley as Ravager #2
- George Stokes as Bant
- Andre Tayir as Prisoner
Production
Releases
Ravagers is part of a long line of Hollywood-backed post-apocalyptic films from the 1970s which are difficult to find on television or home video. In the UK the film was released on Betamax and VHS, where Alana Stewart's voice was dubbed by actress Molly Wryn.{{cite web| url=http://www.quietearth.us/articles/2009/06/09/Obscure-PA-film-to-find-1979s-THE-RAVAGERS-starring-Richard-Harris| title=Obscure PA film to find| publisher=quietearth.us| accessdate=29 July 2010}}{{cite web| url=http://www.bwcitypapers.com/Articles-i-2008-01-10-210633.112112_Disaster_on_Morris_Avenue.html| title=Disaster on Morris Avenue| publisher=bwcitypapers.com| accessdate=29 July 2010}}
Reception
The Los Angeles Times called Ravagers "handsomely produced but relentlessly dull... doesn't have enough story to tell."{{cite news|title=Movie Review: Pursuit and Revenge in 'Ravagers'|last=Thomas|first= Kevin|newspaper= Los Angeles Times|date= 25 May 1979|page= g26}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0079777|Ravagers}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20041207014351/http://employees.oxy.edu/jerry/bts/index1.htm Behind-the-scenes production photos] Collection of Stephen Lodge.
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Category:1970s science fiction action films
Category:American science fiction action films
Category:Columbia Pictures films
Category:1970s English-language films
Category:Films scored by Fred Karlin
Category:Films shot in Alabama
Category:Films shot at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center
Category:Films directed by Richard Compton
Category:American post-apocalyptic films