The Grissom Gang
The Grissom Gang is a 1971 American crime neo noir directed and produced by Robert Aldrich 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 cast includes Kim Darby, Scott Wilson, Tony Musante, Robert Lansing, Irene Dailey, Connie Stevens, Wesley Addy, Joey Faye and Ralph Waite.
Plot
In 1931, a Missourian meat heiress is robbed by three men, who panic after murdering her boyfriend and kidnap her. At their hideout, the three are ambushed and killed by Eddie Hagan, who happened to witness the crime, and the rest of the notorious Grissom Gang.
More details
| author | Leon Griffiths |
|---|---|
| director | Robert Aldrich |
| editor | Frank J. Urioste Michael Luciano |
| events | organized crime |
| genre | crime drama |
| keywords | ambush gang member handicap held captive kill machine gun mentally handicapped missing girl missouri ransom note sing talk |
| musicBy | Gerald Fried |
| producer | Robert Aldrich |
| productionCompany | List of production companies owned by the American Broadcasting Company#ABC Pictures International |
| publisher | Cinerama Releasing Corporation |
| theme | neo-noir noir |