Never released on any home video format or shown on TV: the 1976 re-release version of THE FINAL COMEDOWN (1972), with additional scenes directed by Allan Arkush.
BLAST(1976)
Starring
Billy Dee Williams (Johnny Johnson)
D’Urville Martin (Billy Joe Ashley)
Celia Kaye (Rene Freeman)
Raymond St. Jacques (Imir)
Sam Laws [appears in BLAST version only]
R.G. Armstrong (Mr. Freeman)
Maidie Norman (Mrs. Johnson)
Ed Cambridge (Dr. Smalls)
Billy Durkin (Michael Freeman)
Morris D. Erby (Mr. Johnson)
Pamela Jones (Luanna)
with
Cal Wilson
John Johnson
Rhonda Brown
Clifford Choice
Marlene Czernin
Nate Esformes
Nana Fitz
Sam Gilman
Jarrod Johnson
Andrzej Krakowski
Judy Morris
Ernest Robinson
Clifford Strong
Herman Washington
Vernon Waters
Written, Produced, Directed
by
Frank Arthur Wilson
[Oscar Williams and Allan Arkush]
Cinematography by
William B. Kaplan
Stunt Coordinator/Stunt Driver
Conrad E. Palmisano
Additional Photography [BLAST version]
Roderick Young
Edited by
Dick Van Enger, Jr.
Music by
Wade Marcus
Performed by
Grant Green
Production Manager
Andrzej Krakowski
Sound Effects Editor
Richard Sperber
Stunt Coordinator
Ernest Robinson
First Assistant Camera
Clifford Mosby
Grip
Bob Warden
Music Supervisor
Donald C. Hahn
Moog Synthesizer
Edd Kalehoff
Music Arranger
Wade Marcus
Music Editor
Michael McCroskey
Running time: 75 minutes
MPAA rating: R
Released by
New World Pictures
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excerpt from
"Roger to Rookies: Make it Cheap"
by Patrick Goldstein
American Film
January-February 1985, pg.36-43
BLAST(1976)
Starring
Billy Dee Williams (Johnny Johnson)
D’Urville Martin (Billy Joe Ashley)
Celia Kaye (Rene Freeman)
Raymond St. Jacques (Imir)
Sam Laws [appears in BLAST version only]
R.G. Armstrong (Mr. Freeman)
Maidie Norman (Mrs. Johnson)
Ed Cambridge (Dr. Smalls)
Billy Durkin (Michael Freeman)
Morris D. Erby (Mr. Johnson)
Pamela Jones (Luanna)
with
Cal Wilson
John Johnson
Rhonda Brown
Clifford Choice
Marlene Czernin
Nate Esformes
Nana Fitz
Sam Gilman
Jarrod Johnson
Andrzej Krakowski
Judy Morris
Ernest Robinson
Clifford Strong
Herman Washington
Vernon Waters
Written, Produced, Directed
by
Frank Arthur Wilson
[Oscar Williams and Allan Arkush]
Cinematography by
William B. Kaplan
Stunt Coordinator/Stunt Driver
Conrad E. Palmisano
Additional Photography [BLAST version]
Roderick Young
Edited by
Dick Van Enger, Jr.
Music by
Wade Marcus
Performed by
Grant Green
Production Manager
Andrzej Krakowski
Sound Effects Editor
Richard Sperber
Stunt Coordinator
Ernest Robinson
First Assistant Camera
Clifford Mosby
Grip
Bob Warden
Music Supervisor
Donald C. Hahn
Moog Synthesizer
Edd Kalehoff
Music Arranger
Wade Marcus
Music Editor
Michael McCroskey
Running time: 75 minutes
MPAA rating: R
Released by
New World Pictures

excerpt from
"Roger to Rookies: Make it Cheap"
by Patrick Goldstein
American Film
January-February 1985, pg.36-43