The Wanderers

Jul 13, 1979

1h 57m

★ 6.9

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.’

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Orion Pictures

Film Finance Group

The Wanderers Trailers

Cast

Richie

Ken Wahl

Joey

John Friedrich

Nina

Karen Allen

Despie Galasso

Toni Kalem

Turkey

Alan Rosenberg

Buddy

Jim Youngs

Perry

Tony Ganios

Peewee

Linda Manz

Emilio

William Andrews

Terror

Erland van Lidth

Mr. Sharp

Val Avery

Chubby Galasso

Dolph Sweet

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