The Wanderers, a teenage gang in the Bronx of the early 1960s, are just trying to stay alive and maybe have a little sex. But it's not going to be easy. They're facing murderous parents, unimpressed girls, an all-Chinese gang and a pack of mute Irish maniacs, apathetic teachers, and a ten-year-old cold-blooded killer.
Against these odds, will the Wanderers get what they're after?