

Steel Dawn
1987-11-06 · 97 min · ★ 5.0
In a post-apocalyptic world, a warrior wandering through the desert comes upon a group of settlers who are being menaced by a murderous gang that is after the water they control.
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Production details
- Directors
- Lance Hool
- Production companies
- Toron Screen Corporation, Vestron Pictures, Independent Film Centre, Silver Lion Films
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 3,520,000
- Revenue
- USD 562,187
Top Cast
Patrick SwayzeNomad
Lisa NiemiKasha
Anthony ZerbeDamnil
Christopher NeameSho
Brion JamesTark
Arnold VoslooMakker
John FujiokaCord
Marcel Van HeerdenLann
James WhyleTooey
Russel SavadierOff
Joseph RibeiroCali (as Joe Ribeiro)
Alex HeynsPriest
Tullio MonetaHenchman
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