The right to change the novel of the film was bought by American International Film Company as early as 1969, but the film has not yet been made. Producer Lawrence Gordon sent director Walter Hill a script excerpted from the novel. Gordon and Hill planned to make it into a Western film. The fundraising plan failed to materialize, so they sent the script to Paramount Pictures, Inc. Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Inc. was very interested in youth films at the time. Hill was attracted by the script's "concise narrative and high-quality changes", but because the script presented a portrayal of street gangs, and the director I'm a comic book fan, I want to divide the movie into several chapters, let the chapter "expand life with splash panel", but Hill values the film's low budget and compact post-production. The film party has arranged a release time for the film. "Warriors" was able to be released earlier than another work of the same type called "Chariots of Fighting", which prevented Hill from portraying the movie in a comic style.
The producers started casting casting in New York. They found Sigourney Weaver , but she was screened out because of her role as a "madman" in the independent film " Alien ", and Michael Baker's deep impression on the director made it a movie Actor. Deborah van Walkenberg relied on his agent to join the crew. The producer also wanted Tony Danza to play Vermin, but he was replaced by Terry Micelli because he was going to appear in the sitcom "Taxi Express". When Yurick wrote the novel, there was no white-do character, but according to Hill, Paramount Pictures, Inc. did not want all the actors to play the gangster for "business reasons."
The stunt coordinator Craig R. Baxley was recruited by Hill through the stunt school because Hill wanted to portray real fights. While preparing to shoot, James Remar wandered around Coney Island to find out the prototype of his character. Most of the scenes were taken on the streets of New York, and the indoor scenes were moved to the Astoria studio. The film quickly fell behind schedule and exceeded its budget. It repeatedly bumped into the wall during The Bronx shooting. Actor Joel Weiss recalled that one of his scenes on Avenue A was cancelled because of a serial homicide nearby. At the important meeting at the beginning of the film, Hill wanted to show the real gang members, so he called the police on duty to prevent mistakes.
The film crew did not allow Baxley to bring in stunt actors from Hollywood, so he needed some people to play Cyrus. For this reason, he did not hesitate to shoot stunts for the role. In fact, the gang members wanted to challenge the crew, but because of the production Time’s safe handling. The actors playing The Warriors purchased insurance during the filming of the film. Originally, Fox’s role was to kill Mensey. Swan was captured by his opponent and a gay gang called "Dingo" appeared. The bridge did not appear afterwards. Actor Thomas G. Waite had a dispute with Hill during the most difficult period of filming and was fired for eight weeks. While watching the sample, Hill discovered that there was a great chemical reaction between Walkenberg and Baker when they came together, which eventually caused the two to come together.
The confrontation at the end of the film was originally held on Coney Island. The actor David Patrick Kelly wanted to use two dead pigeons, but Hill didn’t think it was feasible, so he replaced them with three bottles and improvised. He wrote the famous phrase: "Warrior Gang, come out!" Kelly was influenced by a man mocking him in downtown New York. Hill wanted Orson Welles to make an introduction on the theme of Greece, but the film did not agree with this. Ideas, refuse to pay for it.
