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Release Date:
May 28, 1971
Original Title:
The Grissom Gang
Alternate Titles:
La banda de los Grissom
The Grissom Gang
Банда Гриссомов
Genres:
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Production Companies:
ABC Pictures
Cinerama Releasing Corporation
The Associates & Aldrich Company
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: R
Runtime: 128
The Grissom Gang is a remake of the notorious 1949 British melodrama No Orchids For Miss Blandish. Kim Darby plays a 1920s-era debutante who is kidnapped and held for ransom. Her captors are the Grissoms, a family comprised of sadists and morons, and headed by Ma Barker clone Irene Dailey. One of the Grissoms, played by Scott Wilson, takes a liking to his prisoner, which results in a bloody breakdown of the family unit. Both The Grissom Gang and the original No Orchids For Miss Blandish were inspired by the best-seller by James Hadley Chase, though neither film retains Chase's original ending.
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Art Direction:
James Dowell Vance
Book:
James Hadley Chase
Casting:
Lynn Stalmaster
Costume Design:
Norma Koch
Director:
Robert Aldrich
Director of Photography:
Joseph F. Biroc
Editor:
Michael Luciano
Frank J. Urioste
Music:
Gerald Fried
Producer:
Robert Aldrich
Screenplay:
Leon Griffiths
Set Decoration:
John Brown
Sound Designer:
Richard S. Church
Still Photographer:
Kenny Bell
Title Designer:
Dan Perri
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