Damnation Alley (1977)

Damnation Alley movie storyline. In the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust a group of survivors, mostly US Air Force personnel, travel from the western US to Albany, New York from where a radio broadcast has been received. Led by a no nonsense Major, Eugene Denton, they travel in specialized vehicles built specifically for survival in harsh conditions. Along the way, they are joined by an attractive young woman when they stop in Las Vegas, are joined by a young boy when they meet desperate survivors in the desert, must face hoards of killer cockroaches and survive a major flood in Detroit.

Damnation Alley is a 1977 post-apocalyptic film directed by Jack Smight, loosely based on the novel of the same name by Roger Zelazny. The original music score was composed by Jerry Goldsmith and the cinematography was by Harry Stradling Jr. The film stars are Jan-Michael Vincent, George Peppard, Dominique Sanda, Paul Winfield, Jackie Earle Haley, Robert Donner, Seamon Glass, Robert Hackman, Mark L. Taylor, Terence Locke and Marcia Holley.

Directed by: Jack Smight
Starring: Jan-Michael Vincent, George Peppard, Dominique Sanda, Paul Winfield, Jackie Earle Haley, Robert Donner, Seamon Glass, Robert Hackman, Mark L. Taylor, Terence Locke, Marcia Holley
Screenplay by: Alan Sharp, Lukas Heller
Production Design by: E. Preston Ames
Cinematography by: Harry Stradling, Jr.
Film Editing by: Frank J. Urioste
Set Decoration by: Norman Rockett
Art Direction by: William Cruse
Music by: Jerry Goldsmith
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: October 21, 1977