their relationship is over, he makes his way back to the party. Upon his return, Joey and Perry say an emotional goodbye to Richie, and when they leave, Richie realizes things will not be the same. At Richie's party, members of the Wanderers, the Del Bombers and the Wongs embrace one another while singing "The Wanderer". The movie ends with Joey and Perry traveling to California. Cast Ken Wahl as Richie Gennaro, the leader of the Wanderers. John Friedrich as Joey Capra, Richie's closest friend and a fellow Wanderer. Karen Allen as Nina Becker, Richie's love interest. Toni Kalem as Despie Galasso, Richie's girlfriend and Chubby Galasso's daughter. Tony Ganios as Perry LaGuardia, a member of the Wanderers and a close friend of Joey. Jim Youngs as Buddy Borsalino, a leading member of the Wanderers. Alan Rosenberg as "Turkey", a member of the Wanderers who wants to join the Fordham Baldies. Dolph Sweet as "Chubby" Galasso, the local mafia boss and father of Despie Galasso. William Andrews as Emilio Capra, Joey's father. Erland van Lidth as Terror, the leader of the Fordham Baldies. Linda Manz as "Peewee", Terror's girlfriend. Michael Wright as Clinton Stitch, the leader of the Del Bombers. Samm-Art Williams as Roger, the only black member of the Fordham Baldies and the cousin of Clinton Stitch. Val Avery as Mr. Sharp, a high school teacher. Dion Albanese as Teddy Wong, the leader of the Wongs. Additional actors include Olympia Dukakis as Joey's Mother, the novel's author Richard Price as a Hustler,Wayne Knight (in his film debut) as a Waiter and Faith Minton as The Big Lady. Production Development Philip Kaufman and Richard Price unsuccessfully tried to pitch the project to Alberto Grimaldi. Because of this, Kaufman signed on to direct what would have been the first motion picture based on Star Trek: The Original Series, to be called Star Trek: Planet of the Titans. Allan Scott and Chris Bryant were hired to write the film's screenplay, but their attempt was rejected and Kaufman tried to write the screenplay himself. Before he could finish the screenplay, Paramount Pictures abandoned the project, saying there was no market for science-fiction movies. After the Star Trek project was shelved, Kaufman directed the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. When filming finished, he went to New York and successfully pitched The Wanderers to Martin Ransohoff. According to Kaufman, "the pieces somehow fell