Drama ·TV Movie ·Crime · United States of America · 1979 · 1h 36m

The Survival of Dana

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Director
Jack Starrett
Cast
Melissa Sue Anderson as Dana Lee Robert Carradine as Donny Davis Marion Ross as Madeline Lee Talia Balsam as Rona Sims Michael Pataki as Arnold Denker Kevin Breslin as Roy 'Skates' Snider
Crew
Bruce Logan — Director of Photography Joy Wilson — Editor Tom Lazarus — Story Frank Norwood — Story Marc Trabulus — Producer
Tagline

Class of 1980. They're majoring in vandalism and violence! Dana will do anything to belong to this gang-and to survive!

Synopsis

High school student Dana moves to the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles after her North Dakota parents get divorced and falls in with the wrong crowd.

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Mood & Themes
high schoolvandalismlos angeles, californiajuvenile delinquentpeer pressuretransfer studenttroubled youthteenager
Key Collaborators
Jack Starrett Director Bruce Logan Director of Photography Joy Wilson Editor Tom Lazarus Story Frank Norwood Story Marc Trabulus Producer
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