The Young Warriors (film)

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The Young Warriors
Universal Pictures
Release dates
  • April 27, 1967 (1967-04-27) (Cincinnati, Ohio)
  • February 7, 1968 (1968-02-07) (United States)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Young Warriors is a war film filmed in 1967 by Universal Pictures based on Richard Matheson's 1960 novel The Beardless Warriors that was the working title of the film. The novel was inspired by Matheson's own experiences as an 18-year-old infantryman with the 87th Infantry Division in Germany in World War II. The film was directed by John Peyser.

It was filmed cheaply by Universal on their

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Plot

In Europe, 1944, a group of replacements are assigned to Sgt Cooley's squad and sent into battle. Initially frightened, Hacker grows to love killing but loses that feeling as well. He is promoted to Corporal and later given his own squad as a Sergeant in the end.

Cast

Production

Matheson recalled that following the release of his novel he had offers from

Richard Zanuck (who dropped his plans to film it when his father Darryl F. Zanuck was making The Longest Day) and Fred Zinnemann. Zinnemann told Matheson that he wanted to make the film but had several other projects at the time; Matheson refused to wait and turned him down.[3]

References

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  2. ^ "Movie Review : 'The Young Warriors' Heads a Double Bill". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  3. ^ Bradley & Matheson, p. 130

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