Steel Dawn

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Steel Dawn
DVD cover for Steel Dawn
Directed by	Lance Hool
Produced by	Conrad Hool Edgar Bold Lance Hool
Written by	Doug Lefler
Starring	Patrick Swayze Lisa Niemi Anthony Zerbe Brion James
Music by	Brian May
Cinematography	George Tirl
Editing by	Mark Conte
Distributed by	Vestron Films
Release date(s)	November 6, 1987
Running time	100 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
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Steel Dawn is a 1987 American post-apocalyptic feature film, with elements of western science fiction. It was rated R by the MPAA.

[edit] Synopsis

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An enigmatic swordsman named Nomad (Patrick Swayze), finds himself in the smouldering remains of the post-World War III world, having lost his army squad in the war, stuck wandering through the desert in search of his mentor's killer, the assassin Sho (Christopher Neame). Nomad comes across a group of settlers in the town of Meridian. Damnil (Anthony Zerbe), a local landowner, and his murderous minions are seiging the town in order to gain a monopoly on the local water supply. Nomad stays at the farm of a local, Kasha (Lisa Niemi)—who is Nomad's love interest of the film—and teams up with Kasha's foreman Tark to become Meridian's "peacekeeper" to defend against Damnil and his forces, as well as giving him the opportunity for revenge against Sho.

[edit] Cast

Actor/Actress	Role
Patrick Swayze	Nomad
Lisa Niemi	Kasha
Anthony Zerbe	Damnil
Brion James	Tark
Christopher Neame	Sho
John Fujioka	Cord
Brett Hool	Jux
Marcel Van Heerden	Lann
Arnold Vosloo	Makker