The Survival of Dana

May. 29,1979      
Rating:
5.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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
Barbara Babcock as  Lorna Sims
Dawn Jeffory as  Joanie
Scott McGinnis as  Paul

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