The Survival of Dana (1979)
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.
Director: Jack Starrett
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Melissa Sue Anderson as Dana Lee |
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Robert Carradine as Donny Davis |
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Marion Ross as Madeline Lee |
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Talia Balsam as Rona Sims |
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Michael Pataki as Arnold Denker |
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Kevin Breslin as Roy 'Skates' Snider |
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Judge Reinhold as Francis 'Bear' Honfi |
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Dan Spector as Anthony Cavachi |
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Barbara Babcock as Lorna Sims |
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Shelby Leverington as Mrs. Blake |
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Dawn Jeffory as Joanie |
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Trent Dolan as Coach Tanner |
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Scott McGinnis as Paul |
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Gary Carlos Cervantes as Big |
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Paul Hampton as Bill Snider |
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Ellen Blake as Mrs. Honfi |
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Howard Vann as Mr. Honfi |
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Joshua Gallegos as Little Big |
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Edith Fields as Mrs. Davis |
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June Whitley Taylor as Principal |
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Laurie Zimmer as Clerk |
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Jennifer Starrett as Lynn |
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Frederic Forrest as Mr. Davis |
| Directing | Jack Starrett | Director |
| Writing | Frank Norwood | Teleplay |
| Writing | Tom Lazarus | Story |
| Writing | Frank Norwood | Story |
| Production | Tony Converse | Executive Producer |
| Production | Roger Gimbel | Executive Producer |
| Production | Marc Trabulus | Producer |
| Sound | Craig Safan | Music |
| Camera | Bruce Logan | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Joy Wilson | Editor |
| Art | Peter Wooley | Art Direction |
| Art | Gary Moreno | Set Decoration |