Thomas Waites and Deborah Van Valkenburgh were supposed to get together in the movie, but Deborah and Michael Beck worked better. Waites was also argueing with Walter Hill and Larry Gordon, which ending up with his character being killed half way during the film.
This is true, and Waites also doesn't appear in the movie credits. I was surprised to see him at the reunion. The Warriors is probably my favorite movie behind the Godfather movies. I hate what they did to it when they put out "The Director's Cut" on DVD though.
