Youngblood

Directed by	Noel Nosseck
Written by	Paul Carter Harrison
Produced by	Nick Grillo Alan Riche
Starring	Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs Bryan O'Dell Ren Woods
Cinematography	Robbie Greenberg
Edited by	Frank Morriss
Music by	War
Distributed by	American International Pictures
Release date	May 24, 1978 (1978-05-24)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1 million^[1]

Youngblood is a 1978 American film directed by Noel Nosseck. It stars Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs and features Bryan O'Dell in the title role. Ren Woods has a prominent supporting role. It was released by American International Pictures. The soundtrack to the film was written and performed by War.

Plot

Michael (O'Dell) is an African-American teenager in South-Central Los Angeles, being raised by a single mother and beginning to drift away from school. Before long, Michael is running with a tough local street gang, the Kingsmen, who christen him with the nickname "Youngblood". Michael greatly looks up to the gang's leader, Rommel (Hilton-Jacobs), an angry Vietnam War veteran who is beginning to accept the fact that he's getting to be too old to be involved in the street gang lifestyle.

Shortly after Michael joins the Kingsmen, they move from merely battling other similar street gangs to becoming involved in a full-scale war against a local cartel of drug dealers. And, unknown to Michael and the Kingsmen, the head of the organization is Michael's own older brother.