- The Young Savages
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name = The Young Savages
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director =John Frankenheimer
producer =Harold Hecht
writer =Evan Hunter (novel)Edward Anhalt
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starring = BURT LANCASTER
music =David Amram
cinematography =Lionel Lindon
editing =Eda Warren
distributor =United Artists
released = 1961
runtime = 103 min.
country =U.S.A.
language = English / Italian / Spanish
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imdb_id = 0055633"The Young Savages" was a
1961 crimedrama film directed byJohn Frankenheimer , and screen written byEdward Anhalt . It was based on anovel byEvan Hunter ynopsis
A district
lawyer investigates the racially charged case of two Italian teenagers (as well as an Irish teen) accused of the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy. The film explores several different gang issues, such as race, poverty, and especially that ofpeer pressure .The film starred
Burt Lancaster ,Dina Merrill andEdward Andrews and was the first film of actorTelly Savalas who played a police officer.
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