The Warriors
“These are the armies of the night. They are 100,000 strong. They outnumber the cops five to one. They could run New York City. Tonight they're all out to get the Warriors.”
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors' trail.
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Cast
54 people
Michael Beck
Swan
Known for
Holocaust
Xanadu
Marcelino Sanchez
Rembrandt
James Remar
Ajax
Known for
Dexter
IT: Welcome to Derry
David Patrick Kelly
Luther
Known for
Twin Peaks
K-PAX
Dorsey Wright
Cleon
Known for
Hair
The Hotel New Hampshire
David Harris
Cochise
Known for
North and South
A Soldier's Story
Deborah Van Valkenburgh
Mercy
Known for
Helstrom
Firestarter: Rekindled
Brian Tyler
Snow
Tom McKitterick
Cowboy
Also in
Newborn
Marcelino Sánchez
Rembrandt
Also in
48 Hrs.
Student Court
Roger Hill
Cyrus
Also in
The Education of Sonny Carson
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Steve James
Baseball Fury
Known for
American Ninja
To Live and Die in L.A.
Walter Hill Director · David Shaber Screenplay Sol Yurick Author
Worldwide gross $22M · Budget $4M · United States release February 9, 1979
Box office
Budget
$4,000,000
Worldwide gross
$22,490,039
Gross vs. budget
5.6×
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
Lawrence Gordon Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Australia · February 1, 1979
Theatrical
United States · February 9, 1979
Theatrical
United States · October 4, 2005
Physical · director's cut, DVD premiere
Argentina
January 17, 1985 · Theatrical
Brazil
December 24, 1979 · Theatrical
Canada
February 9, 1979 · Theatrical
Colombia
October 10, 1979 · Theatrical
Denmark
July 6, 1979 · Theatrical
France
August 27, 1980 · Theatrical
Germany
July 13, 1979 · Theatrical
Greece
July 10, 2001 · Physical · DVD
Hong Kong SAR China
June 18, 1979 · Theatrical
Iceland
February 15, 1980 · Theatrical
Ireland
June 8, 1979 · Theatrical
Italy
June 22, 1979 · Premiere · Pesaro Film Festival
August 30, 1979 · Theatrical
March 6, 2023 · Limited theatrical · 4k Restoration rerelease
Japan
September 15, 1979 · Theatrical
Mexico
November 22, 1979 · Theatrical
Netherlands
July 19, 2003 · TV · Yorin
September 1, 2003 · Physical · DVD
August 16, 2008 · Physical · Blu ray
Norway
June 3, 1980 · Theatrical
Portugal
November 14, 1979 · Theatrical
Singapore
October 4, 2005 · Physical · DVD
South Korea
June 19, 2001 · Physical
Spain
August 4, 1980 · Theatrical
Sweden
October 29, 1979 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 9, 1979 · Theatrical
October 17, 2005 · Physical · director's cut, DVD premiere
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