The Warriors

1979 94 min Action, Thriller

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.

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IMDb 7.5 RT 88 Metacritic 65

budget $4,000,000 earnings $22,490,039 return 5.6x

director Walter Hill

writers David Shaber, Walter Hill

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