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The Warriors
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors' trail.
1979 · Directed by Walter Hill · 94 min · Action · Thriller · 31 frames
Tagline
These are the armies of the night. They are 100,000 strong. They outnumber the cops five to one. They could run New York City. Tonight they're all out to get the Warriors.
Crew
- Screenplay: David Shaber, Walter Hill
- Cinematography: Andrew Laszlo
- Edited by: Billy Weber, Freeman A. Davies, David Holden, Susan E. Morse
- Music: Barry De Vorzon
- Produced by: Lawrence Gordon
Cast
- Michael Beck as Swan
- James Remar as Ajax
- David Patrick Kelly as Luther
- Dorsey Wright as Cleon
- David Harris as Cochise
- Deborah Van Valkenburgh as Mercy
- Brian Tyler as Snow
- Tom McKitterick as Cowboy
- Marcelino Sánchez as Rembrandt
- Roger Hill as Cyrus
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Paramount Pictures, Lawrence Gordon Productions
- Budget: $4,000,000
- Box office: $22,490,039
- Themes: new york city, street gang, gangster, disc jockey, gang war, coney island, survival, pursuit, gang member, new york subway
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