The Young Savages (1961)
Here is Raw Truth… Nailed to the Screen!
Director: John Frankenheimer · Writers: Edward Anhalt, J.P. Miller
A district attorney investigates the racially charged case of three teenagers accused of the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy.
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Director
John Frankenheimer
Cast
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 Lt. Gunderson 
Pilar Seurat
Louisa Escalante 
Jody Fair
Angela Rugiello 
Roberta Shore
Jenny Bell 
Milton Selzer
Dr. Walsh 
Robert Burton
Judge User Reviews (1)
Burt Lancaster turns in quite a considered performance here as the assistant DA charged with prosecuting three lads for the murder of a blind fifteen year old boy who was sitting on the steps outside his home. There's no jeopardy as to the crime, nor to it's perpetrators - we all see that at the start, but what does now ensue is a reasonable foray into the psychology of urban living in a city rise with racism, bigotry, sexism, mental illness and intimidation. With his boss (Edward Andrews) going for the state Governor's job, there's political pressure on him to deliver a clear and concise result, but the more he explores their respective living environments, he begins to appreciate a little more of the causes of the never ending cycle of violence, poverty and crime that exists in so many communities. Though it's a little schoolboy in nature, it also takes a look at the psychology of a ki…
