Logan's Run

Based On the book by William F. Nolan

Logan's Run is a 1976 American science fiction action film directed by Michael Anderson and starring Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan, Roscoe Lee Browne, Farrah Fawcett, and Peter Ustinov. The screenplay by David Zelag Goodman is based on the 1967 novel Logan's Run by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. It depicts a future society, on the surface a utopia, but soon revealed as a dystopia in which the population and the consumption of resources are maintained in equilibrium by killing everyone who reaches the age of 30. The story follows the actions of Logan 5, a "Sandman" who has terminated others who have attempted to escape death and is now faced with termination as well.

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Release date:

June 23, 1976

Director:

Michael Anderson

Cast:

Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan, Roscoe Lee Browne, Farrah Fawcett

Genre:

Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Action, Post-apocalyptic fiction, Dystopian

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1976 in adaptations