Film

The Wanderers

1979 · 1h 57m · Drama

It was The Wanderers against the world ... and the world never had a chance!

IMDb

7.3

Rotten Tomatoes

89%

Metacritic

64

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.’

Ken Wahl

Richie

John Friedrich

Joey

Karen Allen

Nina

Toni Kalem

Despie Galasso

Alan Rosenberg

Turkey

Jim Youngs

Buddy

Tony Ganios

Perry

Linda Manz

Peewee

William Andrews

Emilio

Erland van Lidth

Terror

Val Avery

Mr. Sharp

Dolph Sweet

Chubby Galasso

Michael Wright

Clinton

Burtt Harris

Marine Recruiter

Samm-Art Williams

Roger

Dion Albanese

Teddy Wong

• Philip KaufmanDirector · Screenplay
• Rose KaufmanScreenplay
• Richard PriceNovel
• Martin RansohoffProducer
• Richard R. St. JohnsExecutive Producer
• John W. HydeExecutive Producer
• Michael ChapmanDirector of Photography
• Ronald RooseEditor
• Stuart H. PappéEditor
• Scott RudinCasting

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Release date

July 13, 1979

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

R

Revenue

$23,000,000

Genres

Drama

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