The Young Savages

Name: The Young Savages
Released: 1961
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 76.7741935483871
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Dina Merrill, Edward Andrews, Vivian Nathan, Shelley Winters

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77%

Crime / Drama

USA, 1961, 103 min

Directed by:

John Frankenheimer

Based on:

Evan Hunter (book)

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The Young Savages was the first collaborations betweeen Frankenheimer and Lancaster, a partnership that managed to conceive some of the most important films of the sixties. When a member of the notorious Thunderbird gang venture into an opposing neighbourhood and stab to death a Puerto Rican boy in New York's Harlem slum, Assistant District Attorney (Lancaster) is determined to uncover the real motivation behind such a cold blooded act. (StudioCanal UK)

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