Following World War III, four survivors at an desert military installation attempt to drive across the desolate wasteland of America to Albany, where they hope more survivors are living, using a specially built vehicles to protect themselves against the freakish weather, mutated plant and animal life, and other dangers encountered along the way.

• 20th Century Fox
• George Peppard
• Jan-Michael Vincent
• Dominique Sanda
• Paul Winfield
• Kip Niven
• Jackie Earle Haley
• Robert Donner
• Seamon Glass