Roger Corman's post-holocaust quickie about an adolescent tribesman who dares to explore the feared "forbidden zone."
Roger Corman
Director
Robert Vaughn
The Symbol Maker's Teenage Son
Darah Marshall
The Blond Maiden
Leslie Bradley
The Symbol Maker
Frank De Kova
The Black-Bearded One
Charles Thompson
Member of the Tribe
June Jocelyn
The Symbol Maker's Wife
Jonathan Haze
The Curly-Haired Boy
Beach Dickerson
Fair-Haired Boy / Man from Burning Plains / Tom-Tom Player / Bear
Ed Nelson
Blonde Tribe Member
Robert Shayne
The Fire Maker
Marshall Bradford
Member of the Tribe
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