''Young Warriors'', also known as ''The Graduates of Malibu High'', is a low budget

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crime-drama film starring

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, Anne Lockhart,

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, and

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. It was released theatrically by

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on August 26, 1983. It has only been released on VHS and on Laserdisc in the

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Plot

Malibu High graduate and college student Kevin Carrigan (

) enjoys a typical student life, with his

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friends including Fred ( Mike Norris) and Scott ( Tom Reilly). When his sister Tiffany (

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) is

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and murdered by a gang of vicious bikers, he becomes withdrawn and violent, despite the help of his girlfriend Lucy ( Anne Lockhart) and police lieutenant father (

). 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

- Kevin Carrigan * Anne Lockhart - Lucy * Tom Reilly - Scott *

- Lieutenant Bob Carrigan *

- Sergeant John Austin *

- Beverly Carrigan *Ed De Stefane - Stan *

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- Professor Hoover * Mike Norris - Fred *

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- Ginger *John Alden - Jorge *April Dawn - Tiffany Carrigan

Production

''Young Warriors'' was intended as a sequel to '' Malibu High''.

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claimed he took over direction. The film was produced by

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