The Wanderers (1979)
Director
Philip Kaufman
Main cast
Ken Wahl; John Friedrich; Karen Allen; Toni Kalem; Alan Rosenberg
Genres
Drama
Description
The streets of the Bronx are owned by 60âs 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 âThe Wanderers.â
Philip Kaufman
Main cast
Ken Wahl; John Friedrich; Karen Allen; Toni Kalem; Alan Rosenberg
Genres
Drama
Description
The streets of the Bronx are owned by 60âs 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 âThe Wanderers.â
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