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Jun 22, 2023 · 1961-05-24. Usage. Public Domain Mark 1.0. Topics. The Young Savages (1961) Language. English. A district attorney investigates the racially charged case of three teenagers accused of the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy. Addeddate. 2023-06-22 14:12:34. Identifier. the-young-savages-1961. Scanner. Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.7.0. 61.
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
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Vivian Nathan. Mrs. Escalante. Photos & Videos. View All. 2 Photos. Film Details. Also Known As. A Matter of Conviction. Genre. Drama. Adaptation. Classic Hollywood. Crime. Release Date. Jan 1961. Premiere Information. New York opening: 24 May 1961. Production Company.
- John Frankenheimer, Carter Dehaven Jr.
- Burt Lancaster
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The Young Savages (1961) stars Burt Lancaster as Hank Bell an assistant D.A. put on the case of three teenage Wops (Italians) that stabbed a blind teenage 'Spic (Puerto Rican) to death. At first the case seems really clear, this innocent blind kid out of nowhere gets brutally murdered by rageful strangers.
Synopsis by Hal Erickson. The Young Savages is what used to be called a "thinking man's picture" about a potentially lurid subject: urban juvenile delinquency. A blind Puerto Rican boy is knifed to death in Spanish Harlem, and three teenage gang members are accused of the crime.
The Young Savages (1961) Released six months before "West Side Story," this elegant story of New York gang violence in the ghettos of uptown Manhattan is as powerful, and as beautiful. And the title makes clear that the movie is pointing to a new social problem, the immigrant gangs (Italian and Puerto Rican in this case).