tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955864147442988746.post6740099464751286732..comments2024-03-28T03:28:59.634-07:00Comments on The Ace Black Movie Blog: Movie Review: The Young Savages (1961)aceblackblog.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08404695143187261837noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955864147442988746.post-48347472636162521952020-11-27T16:55:03.797-08:002020-11-27T16:55:03.797-08:00Thanks for the context!Thanks for the context!aceblackblog.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08404695143187261837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955864147442988746.post-58016277788306968732020-11-26T21:05:20.300-08:002020-11-26T21:05:20.300-08:00It was indeed a test for United Artists' "...It was indeed a test for United Artists' "West Side Story," to be released a few months later, "The Young Savages," based on Evan Hunter's "A Matter Of Conviction" is essentially a fictionalized account of the real-life Michael Farmer murder of 1957, the "Capeman" murders of 1959, and the shooting death of 15-year-old William Blankenship in 1955, all gang murders, but, in "A Matter Of Conviction" and "The Young Savages," the ethnicities are reversed!<br /><br />A classic "JD" movie, with serious social commentary. A more "modern" remake of sorts, based on the "Capeman" murders, was released as a made-for-tv NBC movie, "Death Penalty," with "The Young Savages" being referenced.<br />Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17239396580240896208noreply@blogger.com