The Wanderers (film)

The Wanderers is a 1979 American film about some members of a youth gang from the Bronx, New York. The film was directed by Philip Kaufman and based on the novel The Wanderers by Richard Price from 1974. ==Plot[ Edit] == The film follows a few gang members of The Wanderers, a youth gang from the Bronx in 1963, when they have to deal with rapidly changing times. They have a lot of trouble with the emerging hippie culture, their relationships, family, sexuality and friendship. In addition, they are in battle with the Fordham Baldies. ==Youth Gangs[ Edit] == The Fordham Baldies, Del Bombers and Ducky Boys were real youth gangs from the Bronx from the era where the movie themselves in playing. The Wanderers was a real youth gang from SouthBrooklyn from the same era. The writer of the book, Richard Price, knew the gangs of his childhood in the Bronx. The Price was a figment ofWongs . ==Soundtracks[ Edit] ==
 * The Wanderers: A Italian gang comprising 27 members. They all wear yellow/brown baseball jackets with rear The Wanderers with blue jeans. Their leader is Richie, a young man who courtship with Amanda Galasso, the daughter of an important mafioso.
 * Fordham Baldies: An American youth gang consisting of around 40 members. They are, as their name suggests, all bald. They all wear leather jackets with a skull on the back and the letters FB (Fordham Baldies) on the sleeve. Their leader is Terror, a large heavyweight.
 * Del Bombers: A Black youth gang consisting of 23 members. They wear purple/gold baseball jackets with the letters DB on the back. Their leader is Clinton Stitch, which has a great dislike of Italians.
 * Ducky Boys: An Irish youth gang consisting of approximately 500 members. They have no specific gang clothing, talk rarely, and are all religious. They all have a tattoo of a cross. Despite their faith, however, they have no trouble with Scout. They are therefore also the most feared gang in New York.
 * The Wongs: A Chinese youth gang comprising 27 members who all are called Wong from behind. They always wear black clothing with a hanzi on their backs. They all have a tattoo of a dragon. They are very talented in Jujitsu and diving always from scratch on. their leader is Teddy Wong.
 * The Four Seasons -Walk Like a Man
 * Lee Dorsey -Ya Ya
 * The Four Seasons -Big Girls Don't Cry
 * The Angels -My boyfriend's Back
 * The Four Seasons -Sherry
 * The Shirelles -Baby it's You
 * The Shirelles -Soldier Boy
 * Ben E. King -Stand By Me
 * Isley Brothers -Shout
 * The Contours -Do You Love Me
 * Dion -Runaround Sue
 * Dion -The Wanderer