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1979 • 1h 57min • R • Drama

The Wanderers

"It was The Wanderers against the world ... and the world never had a chance!"

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.’

IMDb 7.3

RT 89%

MC 64

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Philip Kaufman

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Richard Price

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Ken Wahl

Richie

John Friedrich

Joey

Karen Allen

Nina

Toni Kalem

Despie Galasso

Alan Rosenberg

Turkey

Jim Youngs

Buddy

Tony Ganios

Perry

Linda Manz

Peewee

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Toni Kalem Despie Galasso

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Tony Ganios Perry

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