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The Grissom Gang is a 1971 American crime neo noir directed and produced by Robert Aldrich [3] from a screenplay by Leon Griffiths. The film is the second adaptation of the 1939 novel No Orchids for Miss Blandish by James Hadley Chase; a previous version had been made in Britain in 1948.
The Grissom Gang: Directed by Robert Aldrich. With Kim Darby, Scott Wilson, Tony Musante, Robert Lansing. Set in the Depression, a gang of half-witted small-time hoods led by Slim Grissom kidnap heiress Barbara Blandish and Slim proceeds to fall in love with her.
The Grissom Gang. Action. 128 minutes ‧ R ‧ 1971. Roger Ebert. July 14, 1971. 4 min read. Robert Aldrich’s “The Grissom Gang” is buried deep within that late-1920s, early-1930s atmosphere that’s suddenly become so familiar in American movies.
Apr 2, 2018 · Directed by Robert Aldrich. With Kim Darby, Scott Wilson, Tony Musante.
In the 1920s, debutante Barbara Blandish is kidnapped and held for ransom by the half-witted, sadistic Grissom Gang, which is led by Gladys "Ma" Grissom. When one of the boys falls for Barbara, the family unity of the gang is disrupted, resulting in violence.
Ma Grissom (Irene Dailey) and son Slim (Scott Wilson) kidnap an heiress (Kim Darby) in 1930s Kansas City.
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- Comedy, Drama
- R
The psychotic killer, the young heiress…the kidnapping that becomes a love story. 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.