V: The Final Battle (1984)

Country of Origin: USA
Date(s) of Broadcast:
Number of Seasons: 1
Total Number of Episodes: 3
Average Episode Running Times: 90 mins
Format: colour
Ratio: 1.33:1
Sound: mono (stereo on DVD)

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Warner Bros. Television
Producers: Daniel H. Blatt, Robert Singer
Co-Producer: Patrick Boyriven
Unit Production Manager: Dean O'Brien

SCRIPT
Script: Faustus Buck (real name: Craig Buck), Diane Frolov, Peggy Goldman, Lillian Weezer (real name: Kenneth Johnson), Brian Taggert

DIRECTION
Director: Richard T. Heffron
1st Assistant Directors: William Baker, William Scott
2nd Assistant Directors: Richard Kidney, Debra DuVal, Jack Breschard, Nancy King, Richleigh Heagh, Tina Baker

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Stevan Larner
Video Coordinator: Rick Whitfield

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Supervising Editor: Michael Eliot
Editors: Michael F. Anderson, Paul H. Dixon
Associate Editor: Mark S. Westmore
Assistant Editors: Donald L. Slemp, Jim Borgardt

MUSIC
Music: Joseph Conlan, Barry De Vorzon, Dennis McCarthy
Music Editors: Jay Alfred Smith, Mark Southern

SOUND
Production Sound Mixer: Richard Raguse
Supervising Sound Editor: Ron Tinsley

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Marv Westmore
Hair: Carolyn Ferguson
Costume Designer: Brienne Glyttov
Men's Costumer: Jan Kemp
Women's Costumer: Joie Hutchinson

SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS
Make Up Effects: Rick Stratton, Werner Keppler, Leo Lotito

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Gene Grigg

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: David Stipes Productions; Dream Quest Images; Pacific Title
Optical Effects Supervisor: Richard Bennett
Optical Editor: Richard L. McCullough

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Mort Rabinowitz
Art Director: Tracy Housman
Set Designer: Curtis A. Schnell
Set Decorator: Jerry Adams
Property Master: Sam Moore
Construction Coordinator: Barry Kingston

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Ken Gilbert
Assistant to Producer: Mary Cay Hollander
Transportation Coordinator: Victor M. Akopian

LOCATIONS
Locations: Bronson Caves, Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: David Ellis

CASTING
Casting: Phyllis Huffman

CAST
Jane Badler (Diana)
Michael Durrell (Robert Maxwell)
Robert Englund (Willie)
Faye Grant (Juliet Parish)
Richard Herd (John)
Thomas Hill (Father Andrew Doyle)
Michael Ironside (Ham Tyler)
Peter Nelson (Brian)
David Packer (Daniel Bernstein)
Neva Patterson (Eleanor Dupres)
Andrew Prine (Steven)
Sandy Simpson (Mark)
Marc Singer (Mike Donovan)
Blair Tefkin (Robin Maxwell)
Michael Wright (Elias Taylor)
Denise Galik-Furey (Maggie Blodgett)
Camila Ashland (Ruby Engels)
Frank Ashmore (Martin)
Jenny Beck (Elizabeth Maxwell)
Jason Bernard (Caleb Taylor)
Diane Civita (Harmony Moore)
Hansford Rowe (Arthur Dupres)
Viveka Davis (Polly Maxwell)
Eric Johnston (Sean Donovan)
Mickey Jones (Chris Faber)
Dick Miller (Dan Pascal)
Jenny Sullivan (Kristine Walsh)
Sarah Douglas (Pamela)
Mark Taylor (Dr Fred King)
Greta Blackburn (Lorraine)
Shawn Coulter (Alien)
Brandy Gold (Elizabeth Maxwell aged 5)
Marin May (Katie Maxwell)
Jenny O'Hara (Jenny)
Stack Pierce (Visitor Captain)

SUMMARY

The war between the human race and the invading aliens steps up a notch as a resistance cell based in Los Angeles try to find a chink in the aliens' armour.

CAPSULE REVIEW

An impressive follow-up to the original V (1983) that worked very well at the time but is showing its age now. More action packed than the original and just a shade sillier, it's a rollicking adventure that makes little sense but zips along so fast that it scarcely matters. Great fun and perfect nostalgia.

EPISODES

Episode One (6 May 1984)
Episode Two (7 May 1984)
Episode Three (8 May 1984)

AVAILABILITY

Japan
Laserdisc Distributors: Warner Home Video (NJL-11443)

USA
Television Distributors: NBC
Laserdisc Distributors: Warner Home Video
DVD Distributors: Warner Home Video (14146)

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

UK
Rating: 15

USA
Rating: TV-14

TIMELINE

2002
May
6: USA - DVD release (Warner Home Video (14146))

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

V – Besökarna – Swedish video title
V - Die außerirdischen Besucher kommen - West German title

LINKS

SEQUEL TO
V (1983)

SEQUELS
V (1984 - 1985)
V: The Second Generation (2004)

REFERENCES

BOOKS

The Complete Directory to Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Television Series pp.917-918
credits, episode guide

KEYWORDS

aliens, alien invasions, biological warfare, biological weapons, children, conspiracies, doomsday weapons, genocide, guerrilla warfare, lizards, mind control, sabotage, spaceships

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009