The Survival of Dana
DirectorJack Starrett
“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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CBS promo The Survival of Dana 1980
Cast
Melissa Sue Anderson
Dana Lee
Robert Carradine
Donny Davis
Marion Ross
Madeline Lee
Talia Balsam
Rona Sims
Michael Pataki
Arnold Denker
Kevin Breslin
Roy 'Skates' Snider
Judge Reinhold
Francis 'Bear' Honfi
Dan Spector
Anthony Cavachi
Barbara Babcock
Lorna Sims
Shelby Leverington
Mrs. Blake
Dawn Jeffory
Joanie
Trent Dolan
Coach Tanner
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