The Survival of Dana
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“Class of 1980. They're majoring in vandalism and violence! Dana will do anything to belong to this gang-and to survive!”
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.
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Cast
29 people
Melissa Sue Anderson
Dana Lee
Known for
Little House on the Prairie
Happy Birthday to Me
Robert Carradine
Donny Davis
Known for
Revenge of the Nerds
Lizzie McGuire
Jack Starrett
Frank Norwood
Tony Converse
Marion Ross
Madeline Lee
Known for
Happy Days
Superhero Movie
Tom Lazarus
Roger Gimbel
Talia Balsam
Rona Sims
Known for
Return
Mad Men
Marc Trabulus
Michael Pataki
Arnold Denker
Known for
Rocky IV
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Kevin Breslin
Roy 'Skates' Snider
Known for
Cobra
Jack Starrett Director · Tom Lazarus Story Frank Norwood Story
United States release May 29, 1979 · Produced in United States · Production EMI Television
Production
Roger Gimbel Productions
Production
EMI Television
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 29, 1979
TV · CBS
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