The Young Savages

The Young Savages (1961)

  • 50% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 48% of users liked it
    (96 ratings)

The Young Savages is what used to be called a "thinking man's picture" about a potentially lurid subject: urban juvenile delinquency. A blind Puerto Rican boy is knifed to death in Spanish Harlem, and three teenage gang members are accused of the crime. Politically ambitious assistant DA Burt… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 50 min.
Directed By
John Frankenheimer
Genres
Drama, Classics
In Theaters
May 24, 1961 Wide
On DVD
Jan 22, 2008

Critic Reviews

  • Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central

    quaint to the point of incoherence and inconsequence

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    It's a West Side Story without the romance and music.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Randy T


    Hollywood depiction of juvenile delinquency in the tradition of <i>Blackboard Jungle</i> and <i>West Side Story</i>. Dramatic and entertaining but decidedly unrealistic.

  • jay n


    Solid drama of racial tension and prejudice well directed by Frankenheimer and acted with feeling by the cast. Lancaster is earnest but he is put somewhat in the shade by Shelley Winters in a strong supporting performance full of sad resignation and vulnerablity, when she was on her… More

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