GANG MOVIES

[Allhallowsday]

I watched THE WANDERERS (1979) on TCM the other night.  I haven't seen that in nearly 40 years!!!  I remembered it well enough, it was even more surreal than I'd thought, but it had all the gangs, violence, and sex I remembered right!    

THE WANDERERS reminded me of all the GANG MOVIES that I usually enjoy... I won't name anymore and leave it to you all... 

http://youtu.be/jyqqkQ9DTzA 

[claws]

My favorite, Switchblade Sisters (1975)

[Svengoolie 3]

The warriors.

Don't forget west side story.

[RCMerchant]

Do motorcycle gangs count?
If so, the WILD ANGEL'S with Peter Fonda and Bruce Dern is fantatic!

[Allhallowsday]

The warriors.

Don't forget west side story.

Never.

Do motorcycle gangs count?
If so, the WILD ANGEL'S with Peter Fonda and Bruce Dern is fantatic!

Of course they count and that's a GOOD one. 


REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE 

[dean]

I was a fan of the Young and Dangerous series, as trashy as they are about triads in Hong Kong

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The Warriors as mentioned above is my go-to favourite though. That soundtrack is killer.

[RCMerchant]

REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE is fantastic.
So are-. The WILD ONE with Marlon Brando and Lee Marvin.
.the CHALKBOARD JUNGLE is classic Vic Morrow starts breaking music teacher's Glenn Ford's classical records. Great.
.CLASS OF 1984- Where Roddy McDowall quizzes his brain dead punk students at gunpoint!
. NEW JACK CITY
. AMERICAN HISTORY X

[Allhallowsday]

REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE is fantastic.
So are-. The WILD ONE with Marlon Brando and Lee Marvin.
.the CHALKBOARD JUNGLE is classic Vic Morrow starts breaking music teacher's Glenn Ford's classical records. Great.
.CLASS OF 1984- Where Roddy McDowall quizzes his brain dead punk students at gunpoint!
. NEW JACK CITY
. AMERICAN HISTORY X

It's RICHARD KILEY's records... isn't it?    

Anybody remember THE LORDS OF FLATBUSH (1974)?  

[RCMerchant]

REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE is fantastic.
So are-. The WILD ONE with Marlon Brando and Lee Marvin.
.the CHALKBOARD JUNGLE is classic Vic Morrow starts breaking music teacher's Glenn Ford's classical records. Great.
.CLASS OF 1984- Where Roddy McDowall quizzes his brain dead punk students at gunpoint!
. NEW JACK CITY
. AMERICAN HISTORY X

It's RICHARD KILEY's records... isn't it?   

I dunno. I ain't seen it in some years. I'll do my homework and find out, though! 

[RCMerchant]

Anybody remember THE LORDS OF FLATBUSH? 


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Yeah- it had Fonzi and Rocky! And Sguiggy from LaVerne and Shirley!

[The Burgomaster]

Anybody remember THE LORDS OF FLATBUSH (1974)?  

Remember it? I have the DVD! And let's not forget that Ray Sharkey is in it (basically, an extra)

[RCMerchant]

ACROSS 110TH STREET (1972) is fantastic.
This movie comes closest what the Bronx looked like when I lived there in 1979.
I never seen cops shoot it out but, that's what the Bronx looked like. Only in 1979, it was much worse.
It looked like Berlin in 1946. No s**t.

http://youtu.be/Cxof6gidDO8

[retrorussell]

THE EDUCATION OF SONNY CARSON (1974)
Harrowing and brutal tale of a black gang member finally seeing the light after multiple stints in prison.  Based on a true story.
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[Allhallowsday]

THE EDUCATION OF SONNY CARSON (1974)
Harrowing and brutal tale of a black gang member finally seeing the light after multiple stints in prison.  Based on a true story.
! No longer available

I don't know if I've seen that.  I know the title... Cool.  


I was thinking of DEAD END (1937).  There's so much to like about it, first 'cause it's HUMPHREY BOGART's first great movie after PETRIFIED FOREST.  I love when his mother slaps him and threatens to "crack yer face again!"  

http://youtu.be/clcU_DskWHI 

[Svengoolie 3]

People interested in gang movies may want t read this book.

https://www.amazon.com/Memos-Purgatory-Harlan-Ellison/dp/0441524389

The late, great and utterly irrepressible Harlan Ellison.