See more at IMDbPro. Trailer Clip Photos Top cast Edit. Michael Beck Swan as Swan. James Remar Ajax as Ajax. Dorsey Wright Cleon as Cleon. Brian Tyler Snow as Snow. David Harris Cochise as Cochise. Tom McKitterick Cowboy as Cowboy. Terry Michos Vermin as Vermin. Deborah Van Valkenburgh Mercy as Mercy. Roger Hill Cyrus as Cyrus. David Patrick Kelly Luther as Luther. Lynne Thigpen D. Mercedes Ruehl Policewoman as Policewoman.
Dennis Gregory Masai as Masai. Walter Hill. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Cyrus, the leader of the most powerful gang in New York City, the Gramercy Riffs, calls a midnight summit for all the area gangs, with all asked to send nine unarmed representatives for the conclave.
A gang called The Warriors are blamed for killing Cyrus as he gives his speech. They now have to cross the territory of rivals in order to get to their own 'hood. The Warriors slowly cross the dangerous Bronx and Manhattan territories, narrowly escaping police and other gangs every step of the way.
These are the Armies of the Night. They are , strong. They outnumber the cops five to one. They could run New York City. Tonight they're all out to get the Warriors. Meanwhile, the other locally-based gangs regroup at their respective headquarters.
Masai , second-in-command of the Riffs, takes charge as their new leader, and declares a bounty on the Warriors. This sets the entire city's gang population out hunting for them, with a seemingly omniscient radio D. The second-in-command, Swan , takes charge, though the hot-headed Ajax openly voices "his" desire to be acting gang Warlord. The Warriors slowly cross the dangerous Bronx and Manhattan territories, narrowly escaping police and other gangs every step of the way. On their way to the subway, the Warriors find another gang, the Turnbull AC's , looking for them.
They have no choice but to make a run to the train. The Turnbull AC's almost reach them but the Warriors make it to the train, just in time for the doors to close. However, on the ride back to Coney Island, the train is stopped by a fire on the tracks, dumping the Warriors in Tremont, in the Bronx. In the Bronx, they come across a gang called the Orphans. Parleying for safe passage, the Warriors convince the Orphans to let them through peacefully until they come across Mercy , a feisty girl who convinces the Orphans to try and put up a fight with the Warriors when they refuse to give her one of their gang-vests.
When she challenges the manhood of the Orphans' leader , he, to save face, tells the Warriors to remove their gang colors for safe passage.
The Warriors refuse, resulting in a near fight quelled only by the Warriors' use of a Molotov cocktail. Mercy, impressed, follows the Warriors on impulse. When the Warriors arrive at the 96th Street and Broadway station in Manhattan, they are separated when they are chased by the numerous patrolling cops who are trying to round up all the gangs after the "rumble" in the Bronx.
Vermin , Cochise and Rembrandt make the train to Union Square. Fox is seen with Mercy running to catch up with the others. He is then tackled by a police officer and is struggling to escape but can't. Instead, he tells Mercy to go on without him. Mercy runs to catch up but then goes to Union Square with the police claiming they are looking for a, "female in a pink top.
The train then runs him over. Swan, Ajax, Snow and Cowboy run outside, where a rival gang, the Baseball Furies , lay in wait for them. The gang chases the four into Riverside Park, where a fight ensues with the Warriors victorious.
Arriving at the Union Square station, Vermin, Cochise and Rembrandt are seduced by members of an all-female gang called Lizzies. Back at the Lizzies' apartment, the women draw weapons to kill them, but the trio narrowly manages to escape again with only Rembrandt's arm badly cut by a Lizzie gang member , learning in the process that everyone believes they killed Cyrus.
Leaving the park, Ajax breaks from the group in order to 'make it' with a woman on a park bench, in spite of the others' warnings. The woman is really an undercover police officer who handcuffs Ajax to the bench, and Ajax is arrested and taken to jail. Swan arrives back at the 96th Street station and meets up with Mercy, who tells him of Fox's fate.
On the platform, more police show up and Swan and Mercy flee into the subway tunnel. While there, Mercy expresses her interest in Swan, who doesn't like her because she doesn't respect herself. The pair end up kissing, but Swan pushes her away and leaves without her. Swan makes it to the Union Square station, but is promptly tailed by members of the Punks.
Mercy also arrives, followed by the remaining members of the Warriors who re-group. They lead the Punks into a nearby male public restroom, where another fight ensues. The Warriors, hurt but victorious once more with Swan also picking up a knife dropped by the Punks' leader , then catch the last train on their journey back to Coney Island.
The Riffs are visited by a gang member who attended the earlier gathering, a witness to Luther firing the gun. Meanwhile, on the train, the Warriors gripe that Cyrus' plan was all "a load of crap". When four clean-cut types, couples who are returning home from their senior prom, board the train, one of the prom dates drops her corsage upon leaving the train, and Swan gives it to Mercy.
When day breaks, the Warriors finally arrive home, but find Luther and the Rogues waiting for them with Luther clinking empty bottles on his fingers and intentionally drawing the words, "Warriors, come out to play-yay!!!
The two gangs meet on the beach, where Luther reveals he had no reason for killing Cyrus, other than his own gratification. Swan suggests he and Luther fight a one-on-one duel. Luther, rejecting this, pulls his gun, but Swan quickly throws a knife into Luther's wrist, disarming him the second he fires. Before more violence ensues, the Riffs arrive on the beach and acknowledge that they have learned the truth of Cyrus's murder.
Masai compliments the remaining Warriors on their skills and lets them go. The Riffs then swarm onto the doomed Rogues. The D. She announces that she is sorry for the Warriors and that "the only thing we can do is play you a song.
Film rights to Sol Yurick's novel were bought in by American International Pictures but no film resulted. Paul Greco 's character, the Orphan leader, isn't given a name in the film, and other media frequently refer to the character simply as "Orphan" or "Orphan Leader.
The park at the beginning of the movie was supposed to be in the North Bronx. The conclave scene in Van Cortland Park was filmed using actual NYC gang members as a gesture of goodwill from the producers to allow them to be a part of the production taking place on their "territory".
The NYPD expressed reservations about this arrangement fearing the close proximity of so many actual and competing gang members could lead to violence. The insisted on placing undercover officers throughout the crowd to handle any disturbances.
So the scene features real gang members as well as real and unknown cops. Walter Hill originally wanted a tough Puerto Rican girl to play Mercy. Irwin Keyes was also considered for the role of Ajax, but wasn't cast because Walter Hill thought he was too old for the part. However, Keyes still appears in the movie as the cop who arrests Ajax in the park. The leader's face-paint clearly influenced Marilyn Manson , since he looks like Marilyn Manson in a baseball uniform.
The iconic "Warriors, come out to play" scene was completely improvised by David Patrick Kelly after he felt the scripted scene wasn't working. Walter Hill told him to just "come up with something". Kelly gathered up some empty beer bottles he found under the boardwalk and created the intimidating dialogue.
Kelly later revealed that he based it on a neighbour who used to intimidate him. Actual gang members wanted to challenge some of the cast members but were dealt with by production security. When Cochise, Rembrandt and Vermin are fleeing the cops at the train station, they run past a bearded man with a blue sweater and flat cap and who comforts his girlfriend.
The man is director Walter Hill in a cameo. A NYC running group known as the New York Roadrunners was brought in for one night of filming, using the same costumes and makeup, to capture most of the extended running shots in the chase scenes.
However, the actual fight, and a great deal more running, was done by stuntmen. The fight involved 2 weeks of rehearsal and one week of shooting, and used actual baseball bats. Stuntman Steven Chambers suffered several broken ribs as the last Furie to go down in the fight when he was hit in the side by Swan's bat. Although he was hospitalized the shot remains in the film. Filming was allowed to take place uninterrupted all night, a first.
Debut performance in a film production of actress Deborah Van Valkenburgh. Deborah Van Valkenburgh 's boyfriend at the time discouraged her from auditioning because he thought the director was looking for someone more well endowed. In the original script, there was a gang called The Dingoes and in it were Kevin Bacon and John Snyder who plays the gas station man.
They were supposed to be a homosexual gang with Doberman Pinchers and blonde wigs who captured Swan temporarily, but this was cut from the script. Marcelino Sanchez was openly gay and in the movie Walter Hill payed tribute because he had him be the only warrior not to fall for the Lizzie's, as Cochise and Vermin did.
According to an interview with a Hells Angel member on the Howard Stern Show, the Warrior's vest logo was taken from a picture of a bike built in a California prison by an incarcerated Hells Angel, which appeared in a motorcycle magazine.
It has apparently caused several fights; Hells Angels will violently defend ownership of any of their logos. The television version started with a day shoot at Coney Island with Cleon and his girlfriend played by Pamela Poitier. The producers cut this scene stating that the only day scene should be at the end of the film after a night of horror.
Ajax was originally conceived as a tall, muscular, physically imposing figure. Character actor Irwin Keyes was strongly considered for the role however Walter Hill, deciding Keyes was too old for the role, opted to go with the smaller yet wiry James Remar.
Keyes was given a consolation role in the film as Hill cast him as the NYC cop who hits Ajax with his club after Ajax is caught in the park sting operation. So Keyes got to arrest the character he was originally considered to play. The Warriors aimed to create "tribal feeling of going into battle together, of loyalty, of support and shared goals" and to have "the audiences' sympathy as they fight off all the other gangs in the city".
Walter Hill told Deborah Van Valkenburgh she was "the unobvious choice" when she was cast. The Baseball Furies are a reference to Second Base, an uptown gang from the Second Base wore Lettermen jackets with "Second Base" across the backs, not the baseball uniforms and painted faces of the Baseball Furies. Michael Beck's next leading man role was the fantasy musical film, Xanadu, in which he co-starred with Olivia Newton John. The film remains a forgettable failure in every respect as well as a radical shift from the virile, tough guy personae Beck deftly demonstrated in The Warriors.
Although Beck never openly expressed regret for accepting Xanadu, he is quoted saying "The Warriors opened a lot of doors for me in film which Xanadu then closed.
The second-in-command of the Riffs who takes over when Cyrus is killed is named Masai. This name is not used in the film, however it does appear in the credits. The train operated on one of the unused outer tracks. During the opening credits of the T. Real street gangs appear in the film. Filming sometimes had to move due to noise from crowds that came to watch.
Some crowd members were forcibly removed from set. Konrad Sheehan plays the roller skating leader of the Punks. Walter Hill auditioned him for the role in early and asked Sheehan if he could roller skate to which he replied that he could. Sheehan had never roller skated and spent the summer of teaching himself to skate which included a 25 mile journey on skates between White Plains and Mt. Vernon in NY. This is a "collective hero" movie, in which the protagonist actually consists of nine people acting more or less as one.
Walter Hill uses this gimmick frequently; other movies he has made that work this way are Southern Comfort and The Long Riders Stunt coordinator Craig R. Baxley put the cast through stunt school because Walter Hill wanted realistic fights depicted in the film. Throughout production the cast were regularly subjected to taunts, harassment, and threats from real gang members who were observing the filming.
Shouting, noise-making, and other interruptions from nearby watchers was common during filming requiring scenes to have to be re-shot after security removed the offenders. The Baseball Furies were all around 30 or older and from Stunts Unlimited. This is a homage to one of the better known scenes in The Warriors. Originally set in Los Angeles. Despite being a movie about tons of gangs, the only gangs that are ever actually seen using guns are the Lizzies and the Rogues. The entire film was shot on the streets in New York City with some interior scenes done at Astoria Studios.
They would shoot from sundown to sunrise. The film quickly fell behind schedule and went over budget. While they shot in the Bronx, bricks were tossed at the crew. Actor Joel Weiss remembers that filming of his scene at Avenue A was cancelled because there was a double homicide nearby. For the big meeting at the beginning of the film, Walter Hill wanted real gang members in the scene with off duty police officers also in the crowd so that there would be no trouble.
The movie features a large number of "wipes" which are old-fashioned editing-style transitions between scenes. The original preview uses the music from Sorcerer by 'Tangerine Dream'. The character Ajax was named after the Greek Warrior.
The Warriors' vests were made of fake leather. Over two millenniums ago, an army of Greek Soldiers found themselves isolated in the middle of The Persian Empire.
One thousand miles from safety. One thousand miles from the sea. One thousand miles with enemies on all sides. Theirs was a story of a desperate forced march. Theirs was a story of courage. This too is a story of courage". There is a rumor that one of the gang members is played by a young Samuel L. The studio would not allow Craig R. Baxley to bring any stunt men from Hollywood and he needed someone to double for the character of Cyrus so he did the stunt himself dressed as the character.
The subway footage during the opening titles was filmed along the express tracks of the IND Fulton St. The Rogues' car in the Coney Island confrontation was a Cadillac hearse. According to the movie's source script, the full name of "The Warriors" gang was actually "The Coney Island Warriors". The main gang in this film, it was not the name of the main gang in Sol Yurick 's source novel where the main gang was called "The Dominators" aka "The Coney Island Dominators".
The element the two gangs had in common was the they were both from Coney Island. One of the "Punks" in the men's room-brawl is Craig R. He is the one that gets thrown into a toilet booth upside down. Another is the late stunt-great A.
The film originally sported the subtitle "Sometime in the Future". This was removed for the original theatrical release version but was re-instated, displayed within the comic book title cards, for Walter Hill 's Director's Cut DVD edition. Debut American film of American actress Mercedes Ruehl who plays a policewoman.
The movie was though actually the second feature film for Ruehl whose one previous picture had been the Brazilian movie Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands Cyrus was originally cast using a real NYC gang leader. While he expressed enthusiasm for the role he mysteriously vanished right before shooting began and was not heard from again.
One of a number of "gang movies" which were first released in that year. At some point during the film's promotion or after the initial ruckus when released, it was ordered that several bits of voice over in the trailer be censored. This is done by placing a piece of tape over the optical soundtrack. In the trailer, the narrator states " This probably coincides with Paramount promoting the film after violence at screenings, such as the new poster campaign.
The film was made and released about fourteen years after its source novel of the same name by Sol Yurick had been first published in Walter Hill was drawn to the "extreme narrative simplicity and stripped down quality of the script". The script, as written, was a realistic take on street gangs but the director was a huge fan of comic books and wanted to divide the film into chapters and then have each chapter "come to life starting with a splash panel".
The subway bathroom scene with the Punks is only fight of the film where one or more Warriors are represented by stuntmen. A brief pause of the moment when Vermin is thrown into the mirrors above the sinks will clearly reveal a blonde haired stuntman performing the action. The travel route the Warriors gang must travel all through the night to get back home went from The Bronx through Manhattan and Brooklyn, and finally to Coney Island.
The actors playing The Warriors bonded early in the shoot, on and off the set. Due to lack of Lights, extra light posts were added to the park scenes. Contrary to popular belief, the opening narration was not voiced by Orson Welles.
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