Taglines: London is not only losing her soul to the Americans, She’s selling it.
The Young Americans movie storyline. Harvey Keitel plays John Harris, an American drug enforcement officer who is asked by London police to help them in cracking an organized drug ring. The syndicate is run by a ruthless young American who turns disaffected young Britons into hardened criminals. The gang has gunned down a well-known mobster and supplies cheap heroin to dance clubs all over London. Harris hooks up with British police officer Edward Foster (Iain Glen). They discover that the drug ring is just a small part of a huge international mob.
The Young Americans is a 1993 crime drama that marked the feature film debut of British director Danny Cannon and his friend David Arnold, best known for composing scores for five of the James Bond films. Starring are Harvey Keitel, Iain Glen, John Wood, Thandie Newton, Terence Rigby, Viggo Mortensen, Dave Duffy, Christopher Adamson, James Duggan and Dig Wayne.
The Young Americans (1993)
Directed by: Danny Cannon
Starring: Harvey Keitel, Iain Glen, John Wood, Thandie Newton, Terence Rigby, Viggo Mortensen, Dave Duffy, Christopher Adamson, James Duggan, Dig Wayne
Screenplay by: Danny Cannon, David Hilton
Production Design by: Laurence Dorman
Cinematography by: Vernon Layton
Film Editing by: Alex Mackie
Costume Design by: Howard Burden
Art Direction by: Neil Lamont
Music by: David Arnold
Distributed by: Rank Film Distributors
Release Date: October 8, 1993
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