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The Warriors

The Warriors

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 1, 1979

Runtime

1h 34m

Genres

Action, Thriller

User Score

77%

Original Title

The Warriors

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures, Lawrence Gordon Productions

Director

Walter Hill

Budget

$4,000,000

Revenue

$22,490,039

Description

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.