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Release Date: 1979

Cast: Deborah Van Valkenburgh, James Remar, Marcelino Sánchez, Thomas G. Waites, Brian Tyler, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Hill, Tom McKitterick, David Harris, Dorsey Wright, Edward Sewer, David Patrick Kelly ...MORE

Cast: Deborah Van Valkenburgh, James Remar, Marcelino Sánchez, Thomas G. Waites, Brian Tyler, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Hill, Tom McKitterick, David Harris, Dorsey Wright, Edward Sewer, David Patrick Kelly, Mercedes Ruehl, Terry Michos, Michael Beck ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Thriller, Crime Fiction, Action, Cult, Action/Adventure

The Warriors is a 1979 American cult action/thriller film directed by Walter Hill and based on Sol Yurick's 1965 novel of the same name. Like the novel, the film borrows elements from the Anabasis by Xenophon. Cyrus (Roger Hill), leader of the Gramercy Riffs, the most powerful gang in New York City, calls a midnight summit of all New York area gangs, requesting them to send nine unarmed representatives to Van Courtlandt Park. The Warriors, from Coney Island, Brooklyn, are one such gang. Cyrus proposes to the assembled crowd a permanent citywide truce that would allow the gangs to control... MORE

The Warriors is a 1979 American cult action/thriller film directed by Walter Hill and based on Sol Yurick's 1965 novel of the same name. Like the novel, the film borrows elements from the Anabasis by Xenophon. Cyrus (Roger Hill), leader of the Gramercy Riffs, the most powerful gang in New York City, calls a midnight summit of all New York area gangs, requesting them to send nine unarmed representatives to Van Courtlandt Park. The Warriors, from Coney Island, Brooklyn, are one such gang. Cyrus proposes to the assembled crowd a permanent citywide truce that would allow the gangs to control the city. Most of the gangs laud his idea, but Luther (David Patrick Kelly), leader of the Rogues, shoots Cyrus and frames the Warriors. In the ensuing panic, the Warriors escape. Unbeknownst to the Warriors, however, the Riffs call a hit on them through a DJ (Lynne Thigpen), believing them responsible for Cyrus' death. Swan (Michael Beck) takes charge of the group and they head back to the subway. On the way, the Turnbull ACs attempt to apprehend the Warriors but they manage to escape. On the ride to Coney Island, the train is stopped by a fire on the tracks, dumping the Warriors in Tremont, in LESS