Ravagers (1979 film)

Ravagers
U.S. theatrical release poster
Directed by	Richard Compton
Produced by	John W. Hyde executive Saul David
Screenplay by	Donald S. Sanford
Based on	novel A Path to Savagery by Robert Edmond Alter
Starring	Richard Harris Ernest Borgnine Ann Turkel Art Carney
Music by	Fred Karlin
Edited by	Maury Winetrobe
Production company	Cinecorp
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	May 1979
Running time	87 mins
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$4 million

Ravagers is a 1979 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.

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.

The film was shot in Alabama.

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 Stewart's voice was dubbed by actress Molly Wryn.

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