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Year: 1987
Runtime: 100 min
Language: English
Director: Lance Hool
In a ravaged world rebuilt on the ashes of war, a lone warrior (Patrick Swayze) becomes the unlikely protector of a resourceful desert widow (Lisa Niemi) as she battles to preserve life-giving water in a treacherous landscape.
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