The Young Savages

1961
12
1h 43m

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6.9/10

3.1K

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Burt Lancaster in The Young Savages (1961)

A D.A. investigates 3 white teenagers accused of murdering a blind Puerto Rican kid.

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A district attorney investigates three white teenagers accused of murdering a blind Puerto Rican kid.A district attorney investigates three white teenagers accused of murdering a blind Puerto Rican kid.A district attorney investigates three white teenagers accused of murdering a blind Puerto Rican kid.

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

3.1K

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6/10

Being in a gang is the name of the game.

John Frankenheimer directs this intense story of three teenage killers in New York City's Spanish Harlem and the idealistic DA(Burt Lancaster)given the job to prosecute them. Young gang members trying to protect their turf see no use in cooperating with the law. Lancaster plays the part as if he were Jack Webb. (That is meant to be a compliment). This movie also gives Lancaster the chance to work with Shelley Winters. (Wink, wink) Also in the cast are Dina Merrill, Chris Robinson, Edward Andrews and the debut of Telly Savalas. Very little actual violence, but some pretty good drama.

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Trivia
During the commentary she did for the DVD of What Makes Sammy Run?: Part 1 (1959) Dina Merrill said that the treatment she received from director John Frankenheimer on this picture nearly drove her out of the business. He told her at the end of a day's filming that she was the worst actress he'd ever worked with. She said she went home in tears. It got so bad that her co-star Burt Lancaster came to her defense one morning by ridiculing the director's "good mood" as evidenced by the fact that he hadn't insulted Dina yet.

Goofs
After Hank Bell is attacked by the gang in the subway car, the next shot opens with the doctor in the emergency room examining a chest x-ray that is obviously reversed.

Quotes
Danny diPace: Don't con me Mr. Bell. Bell! Your name's Bellini, and you're a wop just like me! What's a-matter, Mr Bellini, you're ashamed of being a wop?