The Wanderers

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.’

Cast

Ken Wahl

as Richie

John Friedrich

as Joey

Karen Allen

as Nina

Toni Kalem

as Despie Galasso

Alan Rosenberg

as Turkey

Jim Youngs

as Buddy

Tony Ganios

as Perry

Linda Manz

as Peewee

William Andrews

as Emilio

Erland van Lidth

as Terror

Reviews

John Chard

Rumble in the Bronx. The Wanderers, an Italian street gang in the Bronx 1963, preparing for a rumble with rival gang the Del-Bombers, try to enlist other gangs to help their cause. However, as the times are a changing, The Wanderers and all the other gangs of the city must come to terms with pend...

griggs79

_The Wanderers_ definitely isn’t perfect—some moments felt awkward and dated, especially that uncomfortable racist word battle, which made me cringe more than once. But if I look past those issues, there’s plenty here to enjoy, particularly as a lively jukebox film with echoes of American Graffiti a...

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