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Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

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Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

"Journey with Wolff and Niki, an interstellar adventurer and young rebel. On a mission to rescue three stranded women from a planet no one has warned them about. Because no one has ever returned."

1983

1h 30m

5.4(140 votes)

Adventure

Science Fiction

Action

Overview

On a distant planet inhabited by mutants, two bounty hunters race to rescue three Earth female captives from the clutches of an evil warlord.

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Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Peter Strauss

Peter Strauss

Wolff

Molly Ringwald

Molly Ringwald

Nikki

Ernie Hudson

Ernie Hudson

Washington

Andrea Marcovicci

Andrea Marcovicci

Chalmers

Michael Ironside

Michael Ironside

OverDog

Beeson Carroll

Beeson Carroll

Grandman Patterson

Hrant Alianak

Hrant Alianak

Chemist

Deborah Pratt

Deborah Pratt

Meagan

Aleisa Shirley

Aleisa Shirley

Reena

Cali Timmins

Nova

Creative team

Directed by: Lamont Johnson
Written by: David Preston
Edith Rey
Produced by: Don Carmody
John Dunning

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