The Young Savages

The Young Savages
Directed byJohn Frankenheimer
Screenplay byEdward Anhalt
J.P. Miller
Based onA Matter of Conviction
by Evan Hunter
Produced byPat Duggan
Harold Hecht (executive producer)
StarringBurt Lancaster
Dina Merrill
Shelley Winters
Telly Savalas
CinematographyLionel Lindon
Edited byEda Warren
Music byDavid Amram
Production
companies
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • May 24, 1961 (1961-05-24)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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.