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Plot. Two Italian-American greasers, Danny diPace and Anthony "Batman" Aposto (Neil Nephew), and the Irish-American Arthur Reardon are members of a street gang named the Thunderbirds in New York City in East Harlem. They have an ongoing turf war with a Puerto Rican gang called the Horsemen.
- $1.750,000
- Pat Duggan, Harold Hecht (executive producer)
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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- Burt Lancaster
- John Frankenheimer
- Drama, Mystery & Thriller
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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.
- (2.8K)
- Action, Crime, Drama
- John Frankenheimer
- 1961-05-24
May 8, 2021 · Posted on May 8, 2021 by Roger Moore. John Frankenheimer made his leap from “Golden Age of Television” TV director to big screen Big Name director permanent with “The Young Savages,” a flinty, gritty courtroom drama dressed up as a street gang murder thriller.
After three teenage hoods stab blind Puerto Rican Roberto Escalante, assistant DA Hank Bell is tasked with prosecuting the case. He's looking for convictions for first degree murder for all three of the boys, even 15 year-old Danny DiPace, son of his old girlfriend, Mary DiPace.
Arts. Culture magazines. The Young Savages. views 2,658,673 updated. The Young Savages ★★ 1961. Gang warfare in New York 's East Harlem. Three Italian teenagers are accused of murdering another teen—a blind Puerto Rican boy.
