The Survival of Dana

The Survival of Dana

96 mins | Drama, TV Movie | May 29, 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.

The Survival of Dana

96 mins | Drama, TV Movie | May 29, 1979

The Survival of Dana
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.
Producers EMI Television, Roger Gimbel Productions
Original title The Survival of Dana
Directors Jack Starrett
Writers Frank Norwood, Tom Lazarus

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

Judge Reinhold

as Francis 'Bear' Honfi

Dan Spector

as Anthony Cavachi

Barbara Babcock

as Lorna Sims

Shelby Leverington

as Mrs. Blake

Dawn Jeffory

as Joanie

Trent Dolan

as Coach Tanner

Scott McGinnis

as Paul

Paul Hampton

as Bill Snider

Ellen Blake

as Mrs. Honfi

Howard Vann

as Mr. Honfi

Joshua Gallegos

as Little Big

Edith Fields

as Mrs. Davis

June Whitley Taylor

as Principal

Laurie Zimmer

as Clerk

Frederic Forrest

as Mr. Davis