The Young Animals (1968)

A small Arizona town is plagued by violence created from the tension between Anglo and MexicanAmerican youths Tony Tom Nardini is the idealistic new kid in school who tries to alleviate longtime tensions between the rival factions The Mexican gang is led by Paco Zooey Hall a hottempered youth with good reason to resent some of his Caucasian counterparts due to past prejudices Bruce David Macklin is the leader of the white gang Patty McCormack and Joanna Frank are the female interests who become victims of the gang struggles Tony formerly from San Diego attempts to change the attitudes of the polarized and violent groups Simms Russ Bender is a bigoted educator who fans the flames of hate and Wilson Arthur Peterson is the school principal who is helpless to stop the violence between the two factions