The Wanderers (1979)

R07/13/1979Drama1h 57m
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It was The Wanderers against the world ... and the world never had a chance!

Overview

The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang ‘The Wanderers.’

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Ken Wahl

    Richie

  2. John Friedrich

    Joey

  3. Cast 1

    Karen Allen

    Nina

  4. Cast 1

    Toni Kalem

    Despie Galasso

  5. Cast 1

    Alan Rosenberg

    Turkey

  6. Cast 1

    Jim Youngs

    Buddy

  7. Cast 1

    Tony Ganios

    Perry

  8. Cast 1

    Linda Manz

    Peewee

  9. Cast 1

    William Andrews

    Emilio

Rumble in the Bronx. The Wanderers, an Italian street gang in the Bronx 1963, preparing for a rumble with rival gang the Del-Bombers, try to enlist other gangs to help their cause. However, as the times are a changing, The Wanderers and all the other gangs of the city must come to terms with pending adulthood, and, the ending of an era. Directed by Phillip Kaufman, this adaptation of Richard Price's novel stands up as one of the best pictures to deal with gang culture. Laced with crackling adolescent humour, and sublimely sound tracked, The Wanderers triumphs better than most because it ...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget-

Revenue $23,000,000.00

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