The Young Savages
Summary:
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. Politically ambitious assistant DA Burt Lancaster initially presses for the conviction of all three boys. But as he gets deeper in... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Burt Lancaster - (Hank Bell)
Dina Merrill - (Karin Bell)
Shelley Winters - (Mary Di Pace)
Edward Andrews - (Dan Cole)
Vivian Nathan - (Mrs. Escalante)
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Review:
The Young Savages is the kind of pulse-pounding "social message" film that inevitably dates badly -- but it also has a power and conviction that make it hard to ignore. Even at its most melodramatic and blatantly manipulative (and it is both, in spades), it manages to press more buttons than most viewers will want to admit. Savages starts off... Continue >>
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