The Graduates of Malibu High

1983 American film

Star Cinema Productions
Cannon Films

Release date

August 26, 1983 (1983-08-26)

Running time

105 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBox office$238,534 (US)^[1]

Young Warriors, also known as The Graduates of Malibu High, is a low budget American crime-drama film starring James Van Patten, Anne Lockhart, Ernest Borgnine, Richard Roundtree, and Lynda Day George. It was released theatrically by Cannon Films on August 26, 1983. It has only been released on VHS and on Laserdisc in the United Kingdom.

Plot

Malibu High graduate and college student Kevin Carrigan (James Van Patten) enjoys a typical student life, with his fraternity friends including Fred (Mike Norris) and Scott (Tom Reilly). When his sister Tiffany (April Dawn) is gang raped and murdered by a gang of vicious bikers (Outlaw motorcycle club), he becomes withdrawn and violent, despite the help of his girlfriend Lucy (Anne Lockhart) and police lieutenant father (Ernest Borgnine). Eventually Kevin, with the aid of his college friends, sets out to avenge his sister's death, and soon they become a vigilante group, obsessed with violence and confronting all crime in the city.

Cast

James Van Patten - Kevin Carrigan
Anne Lockhart - Lucy
Tom Reilly - Scott
Ernest Borgnine - Lieutenant Bob Carrigan
Richard Roundtree - Sergeant John Austin
Lynda Day George - Beverly Carrigan
Ed De Stefane - Stan
Dick Shawn - Professor Hoover
Mike Norris - Fred
Linnea Quigley - Ginger
John Alden - Jorge
April Dawn - Tiffany Carrigan

Production

Young Warriors was intended as a sequel to Malibu High. Deran Sarafian claimed he took over direction.^[2] The film was produced by Victoria Paige Meyerink.^[3]

References

Citations

^ "Young Warriors - Box Office Data". The Numbers. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
^ London, Michael (August 14, 1983). "EVEN FOR A 'GHOSTDIRECTOR,' THIS FILM WAS A NIGHTMARE". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles. p. u4.
^ Simpson, Paul (2013). Elvis Films FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the King of Rock 'n' Roll in Hollywood (Paperback ed.). Milwaukee: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. ISBN 978-1557838582.

Sources

Klotman, Phyllis Rauch; Gibson, Gloria J. (1997). Frame by Frame II: A Filmography of the African American Image, 1978–1994 (Annotated ed.). Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 531. ISBN 978-0253211200.
Quinlan, David (1989). Quinlan's illustrated directory of film stars (3rd ed.). London: Chrysalis Books. p. 60. ISBN 978-0713444803.