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film that deserves more recognition
East Harlem New York is the setting where three members of an Italian gang savagely murder a blind puerto Rican boy in cold blood. The boys are subsequnetly arrested and district attorney Hank Bell (Burt Lancaster) at first seeks the death penalty for the boys. He shortly after finds out that one of the boys is the son of his childhood girlfriend who still resides in the East Harlem district where he was raised. Lancaster then thouroughly investigates the case and discovers some rather surprising things. The bitter tensions between the rival Italian Thunderbirds gang and the Puerto Rican Horseman gang are vividly shown in this film. Unlike some other films that deal with gangs and delinquency, the gnag memeber have bonifide iTALIAN AND pUERTO rICAN NAMES INSTEAD OF BLAND GENERIC NAMES LIKE DAnny fisher. Luis Arroyo is very good as the insightful and angry Peurto Rican gang leader who accuses the D. A of practicing a double standard for Peurto Ricans and Italians. Vivian Nathan is superb as the angry grief stricken mother of the slain boy. Her performance and dialogue are close to oscar caliber. John Davis Chandler is frightening as the cold vicious morally bankrupt Thunderbird member who along with co- defendend Anthony Aposto (Neil nephew) sees nothing wrong with murdering a Peurto Rioan for kicks. This film is sadly forgotten by most people. it was never a big box office hit. But the story is very good and the characthers are vivid and thouroughly convincing as true to life EAST HARLEM GANG MEMBERS. many socially relevant issues are covered in this drama as well. More people should see this very good, realistic and powerful film. Teenagers and adults can relate to the issues dealt with here such as, peer pressure, racial tension poverty , broken homes, depravation cuased by slum life and more. a very good film that is still very timely.,