The Young Savages
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| Directed by | John Frankenheimer |
| Screenplay by | Edward Anhalt J.P. Miller |
| Based on | A Matter of Conviction by Evan Hunter |
| Produced by | Pat Duggan Harold Hecht (executive producer) |
| Starring | Burt Lancaster Dina Merrill Shelley Winters Telly Savalas |
| Cinematography | Lionel Lindon |
| Edited by | Eda Warren |
| Music by | David Amram |
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| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,750,000 |
The Young Savages is a 1961 American crime drama film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Burt Lancaster, It was Frankenheimer's second film, the first of five with Burt Lancaster.
The film was from a 1959 novel ´A Matter of Conviction´ by Evan Hunter, and was inspired by recent youth gang violence in New York City, including the Salvador Agron case.