The Grissom Gang
MovieTitle | The Grissom Gang |
User score | 6.7 |
Release date | May 28, 1971 |
Genre | Crime, Drama, Action, Thriller |
Director | Robert Aldrich |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | ABC Pictures, The Associates & Aldrich Company, Cinerama Releasing Corporation |
Run time | 128 min. |
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.