The Young Savages (1961)

Directed by

John Frankenheimer

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 40 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A district attorney investigates a violent crime involving a teenage gang in New York City. He confronts the social pressures and personal biases that complicate the case.

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What happens

The Young Savages is a 1961 American crime drama film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Burt Lancaster, It was Frankenheimer's second film, the first of five with Burt Lancaster. The film was from a 1959 novel A Matter of Conviction by Evan Hunter, and was inspired by recent youth gang violence in New York City, including the Salvador Agron case. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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