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The Warriors (1979)

Directed by Walter Hill

Action | Crime

Most recently watched by sleestakk, scottfinn, tylermager, leiabox

Overview

Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York’s gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus’ death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors’ trail.

Rated R | Length 94 minutes

Actors

Michael Beck | James Remar | David Patrick Kelly | Dorsey Wright | David Harris | Deborah Van Valkenburgh | Brian Tyler | Steve James | Tom McKitterick | Marcelino Sanchez | Terry Michos | Roger Hill | Lynne Thigpen | Mercedes Ruehl | John Snyder | Antone Pagan | Thomas G. Waites | Johnny Barnes | George Lee Miles | Paul Greco | Iris Klein | Tony Clark | Robert Townsend | Ginny Ortiz | Edward Sewer | Joel Weiss | J.W. Smith | Doran Clark | Katie Kaufman | Lisa Maurer | Craig R. Baxley | Konrad Sheehan | Tommy J. Huff | Irwin Keyes | Sonny Landham | Frank Ferrara | Victor Magnotta | Apache Ramos | Jery Hewitt | Leon Delaney | Rob Ryder | Steven Chambers | Bill Anagnos | Harry Madsen | Victoria Vanderkloot | Gary Baxley | Lane Ruoff | Tom McNamara

Viewing History (seen 4 times)

Viewing Notes

Still love this movie. This was one of the first movies “about” New York City that really left an impression on me. Between this and movies like BASKETCASE and DEATH WISH I had this vision of NYC as a dense, gang ridden, decaying pile of rubble and trash for many years.

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