''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. 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) 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 *

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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

The film was shot at the Alabama Space and Rocket Center and at the "Three Caves Quarry" at the base of Monte Sano in Huntsville, Alabama. The Three Caves location is unique because it was one of the first limestone quarries in Alabama and for a brief time in 1962 a possible fallout shelter.

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

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and VHS, where Alana Stewart's voice was dubbed by actress Molly Wryn.

Reception

The '' Los Angeles Times'' called ''Ravagers'' "handsomely produced but relentlessly dull... doesn't have enough story to tell."

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Behind-the-scenes production photos
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