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The Young Savages is a 1961 American crime drama film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Burt Lancaster. It was written by Edward Anhalt from a novel by Evan Hunter.
- $1.750,000
- Pat Duggan, Harold Hecht (executive producer)
The Young Savages: Directed by John Frankenheimer. With Burt Lancaster, Dina Merrill, Edward Andrews, Vivian Nathan. A district attorney investigates three white teenagers accused of murdering a blind Puerto Rican kid.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- John Frankenheimer
- 1961-05-24
Based on the novel A Matter of Conviction by Evan Hunter, The Young Savages (1961) was the first collaboration between director John Frankenheimer and actor Burt Lancaster (they would go on to make four more films together including Birdman of Alcatraz, 1962).
- John Frankenheimer, Carter Dehaven Jr.
- Burt Lancaster
Roberto Escalante. Richard Velez. Gargantua. William Sargent. Soames (uncredited) SEE ALL OFFERS. An assistant district attorney (Burt Lancaster) prosecutes hoodlums for a switchblade slaying.
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In an area of Spanish Harlem controlled by the Puerto Rican-American gang the Horsemen, fifteen year old Roberto Escalante, a blind boy, is stabbed to death in broad daylight by three other youth in front of on-lookers.
After a Puerto Rican teen is murdered by three white adolescents, the case comes to Assistant District Attorney Hank Bell (Burt Lancaster). Realizing that he used to date the mother (Shelley ...
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A blind Puerto Rican boy is knifed to death in Spanish Harlem, and three teenage gang members are accused of the crime. Politically ambitious assistant DA Burt Lancaster initially presses for the conviction of all three boys.
