names: The Grissom Gang
genre: Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
overview: 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.
crew: Kim Darby, Barbara Blandish, Scott Wilson, Slim Grissom, Tony Musante, Eddie Hagan, Robert Lansing, Dave Fenner, Connie Stevens, Anna Borg, Wesley Addy, John P. Blandish, Ralph Waite, Mace, Irene Dailey, Gladys 'Ma' Grissom, Don Keefer, Doc Grissom
orig_title: The Grissom Gang