The Young Savages

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6.9/10

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Burt Lancaster in The Young Savages (1961)

A D.A. investigates 3 white teenagers accused of murdering a blind Puerto Rican kid.

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A district attorney investigates three white teenagers accused of murdering a blind Puerto Rican kid.A district attorney investigates three white teenagers accused of murdering a blind Puerto Rican kid.A district attorney investigates three white teenagers accused of murdering a blind Puerto Rican kid.

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6.9/10

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Trivia
During the commentary she did for the DVD of What Makes Sammy Run?: Part 1 (1959) Dina Merrill said that the treatment she received from director John Frankenheimer on this picture nearly drove her out of the business. He told her at the end of a day's filming that she was the worst actress he'd ever worked with. She said she went home in tears. It got so bad that her co-star Burt Lancaster came to her defense one morning by ridiculing the director's "good mood" as evidenced by the fact that he hadn't insulted Dina yet.

Goofs
After Hank Bell is attacked by the gang in the subway car, the next shot opens with the doctor in the emergency room examining a chest x-ray that is obviously reversed.

Quotes
Danny diPace: Don't con me Mr. Bell. Bell! Your name's Bellini, and you're a wop just like me! What's a-matter, Mr Bellini, you're ashamed of being a wop?

Connections
Referenced in To Tell the Truth: Tom Poston, Dina Merrill, Don Ameche, Kitty Carlisle, (Carole Reinhart - contestant) (1961)

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Featured review

7/10

Solid and still timely

Solid drama of racial tension and prejudice well directed by Frankenheimer and acted with feeling by the cast. Lancaster is earnest but he is put somewhat in the shade by Shelley Winters in a strong supporting performance full of sad resignation and vulnerability, when she was on her game as she is here and reigned in her inner ham they were very few actresses as good at presenting the human condition. Edward Andrews is very good as usual in a small part as an ambitious politico, another underrated and unfortunately obscure actor who was always good whether in drama or comedy. As a study on the effects of poverty on people it is sadly still a timely story.