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We're Fighting Back

Movie·1981·Action, Drama, TV Movie·1h 33m·Directed by Lou Antonio

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Inspired by the exploits of New York's Guardian Angels, which began as a band of streetwise young people who formed an anti-crime subway patrol and went on to gain a national reputation and units in major cities around the country, this film unites three New York City youths as leaders of a citizens' patrol tackling gangs terrorizing merchants and local citizens.

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