The Wanderers (1979)

07/13/1979 1h 57m

It was The Wanderers against the world ... and the world never had a chance!

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Overview

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.’

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Cast Ages at Release

Ken Wahl

as Richie

Born 10/31/1954, age

John Friedrich

as Joey

Born 03/15/1958, age

Karen Allen

as Nina

Born 10/05/1951, age

Toni Kalem

as Despie Galasso

Born 08/29/1950, age

Alan Rosenberg

as Turkey

Born 10/04/1950, age

Jim Youngs

as Buddy

Born 10/16/1956, age

Tony Ganios

as Perry

Born 10/21/1959, age

Linda Manz

as Peewee

Born 08/20/1961

Died 08/14/2020, age

Val Avery

as Mr. Sharp

Born 07/14/1924

Died 12/12/2009, age

Michael Wright

as Clinton

Born 04/30/1956, age

Samm-Art Williams

as Roger

Born 01/20/1946, age

Olympia Dukakis

as Joey's Mom

Born 06/20/1931

Died 05/01/2021, age

Ken Foree

as Black Sportsman

Born 02/29/1948, age

Danny Aiello III

as Baldie

Born 01/27/1957

Died 05/01/2010, age

Olympia Dukakis

as Joey's Mother (uncredited)

Born 06/20/1931

Died 05/01/2021, age

Wayne Knight

as Waiter (uncredited)

Born 08/07/1955, age