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The Young Savages   1961         N/R, 103 min. Genre: Drama Director: John Frankenheimer   Cast: Burt Lancaster, Dina Merrill, Shelley Winters, Edward Andrews, Telly Savalas, Pilar Seurat, Milton Selzer, Larry Gates, Vivian Nathan, Jody Fair, Roberta Shore, Robert Burton, John Davis Chandler, Neil Nephew, Stanley Kristien   District Attorney Hank Bell (Burt Lancaster) deals with ghetto gangs from Harlem, where he grew up, while trying to solve the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy. The teenage gang members (John Davis Chandler, Neil Nephew, and Stanley Kristien) have been caught, and Bell is assigned the case as prosecutor. The case appears to be easy—until Bell realizes that there is more to it than meets the eye. In fact, one of the defendants is the son of Bell's ex-lover, Mary di Pace (Shelley Winters), and his wife, Karen (Dina Merrill), is turning against him because of his past. Now the question is: As more secrets come to the fore, will Bell be able to keep his principles intact? Cast Burt Lancaster Hank Bell Dina Merrill Karin Bell Shelley Winters Mary di Pace Edward Andrews Dan Cole Telly Savalas Lt. Richard Gunnison Pilar Seurat Louisa Escalante Milton Selzer Walsh Larry Gates Randolph Vivian Nathan Mrs. Escalante Jody Fair Angela Rugiello Roberta Shore Jenny Bell Robert Burton Judge John Davis Chandler Arthur Reardon Neil Nephew Anthony Aposto Stanley Kristien Danny di Pace