The Wanderers
“It was The Wanderers against the world ... and the world never had a chance!”
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.’
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Cast
69 people
Ken Wahl
Richie
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Fort Apache, the Bronx
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John Friedrich
Joey
Karen Allen
Nina
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Raiders of the Lost Ark
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Toni Kalem
Despie Galasso
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The Sopranos
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Alan Rosenberg
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Jim Youngs
Buddy
Known for
Footloose
Youngblood
Tony Ganios
Perry
Known for
Die Hard 2
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Linda Manz
Peewee
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Days of Heaven
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William Andrews
Emilio
Known for
Sweetpea
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Erland van Lidth
Terror
Known for
The Running Man
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Val Avery
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Cobra
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Dolph Sweet
Chubby Galasso
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Philip Kaufman Director · Rose Kaufman Screenplay Richard Price Author
Worldwide gross $23M · United States release July 13, 1979 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$23,000,000
Production
Orion Pictures
Production · Studio
Film Finance Group
Production
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · July 13, 1979
Theatrical
Czechia
November 1, 1993 · Physical
Germany
August 22, 1979 · Theatrical
Netherlands
March 20, 2001 · Physical · DVD
December 25, 2007 · TV · RTL 7
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