Watch The Young Savages (1961) Free Online

Release Date: 1961

Cast: Dina Merrill, Larry Gates, Roberta Shore, Stanley Kristien, Milton Selzer, Shelley Winters, Vivian Nathan, Burt Lancaster, Telly Savalas, John Davis Chandler, Edward Andrews, Pilar Seurat

Categories: Movies, Drama Film, Juvenile Delinquency Film, Courtroom Drama, Crime Fiction, Social Problem Film

The Young Savages is a 1961 crime drama film directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Burt Lancaster, and written by Edward Anhalt from a novel by Evan Hunter. The supporting cast includes Dina Merrill, Shelley Winters, and Edward Andrews, and The Young Savages was the first film featuring Telly Savalas, who plays a police detective, foreshadowing his later role as Kojak. A district lawyer investigates the racially charged case of two Italian teenagers (as well as an Irish teen) accused of the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy. The film explores several different gang issues, such as... MORE

The Young Savages is a 1961 crime drama film directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Burt Lancaster, and written by Edward Anhalt from a novel by Evan Hunter. The supporting cast includes Dina Merrill, Shelley Winters, and Edward Andrews, and The Young Savages was the first film featuring Telly Savalas, who plays a police detective, foreshadowing his later role as Kojak. A district lawyer investigates the racially charged case of two Italian teenagers (as well as an Irish teen) accused of the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy. The film explores several different gang issues, such as race, poverty, and especially that of peer pressure. Burt Lancaster ... Hank Bell Dina Merrill ... Karin Bell Edward Andrews ... R. Daniel Cole Vivian Nathan ... Mrs. Escalante Shelley Winters ... Mary diPace Larry Gates ... Randolph Telly Savalas ... Detective Gunderson Pilar Seurat ... Louisa Escalante Jody Fair ... Angela Rugiello Roberta Shore ... Jenny Bell Milton Selzer ... Dr. Walsh Robert Burton ... Judge David J. Stewart ... Barton Stanley Kristien ... Danny diPace John Davis Chandler ... Arthur Reardon Neil Nephew ... Anthony 'Batman' Aposto Danny Di Pace, Arthur Reardon and Anthony "Batman" LESS