T-Bird Gang
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| Directed by | Richard Harbinger |
| Screenplay by | Tony Miller and John Brinkley |
| Produced by | Stanley Bickman |
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| Cinematography | Larry Raimond |
| Edited by | Marvin Walowitz |
| Music by | Original score by Shelly Manne and His Men: Monty Budwig Russ Freeman Charley Mariano Stu Williamson |
Production company | Sparta Productions |
| Distributed by | The Filmgroup |
Release dates | June 21, 1959 (Fargo) October 16, 1959 (nationwide, official) |
Running time | 66 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
T-Bird Gang is a 1959 American film directed by Richard Harbinger in his first and final film. It was co-written by and starring John Brinkley and Tony Miller with Edwin Nelson; all of them had appeared in several of Roger Corman's films.
Plot[edit]
A group of criminals rob a warehouse where they cosh the elderly night watchman. The watchman's ex-G.I. son Frank finds his barely conscious father who soon dies from the injury; his last words being that the group drove a white T-Bird. Frank tracks the gang down with the idea of vengeance, but the police apprehend him and force him into getting his revenge by infiltrating the gang of robbin' hoods.
Production[edit]
Shot in 1958 under the title of Cry Out in Vengeance, it was released by executive producer Roger Corman as a double feature with High School Big Shot as the first release of his Filmgroup company.[1]
Corman financed the film.[2]
In February 1959 Filmgroup announced they would release ten films. Their first movies were High School Big Shot (1959) and T-Bird Gang (1959) produced by Stanley Bickman.[3]
Cast[edit]
- John Brinkley as Frank Simmons, alias Frank Minor
- Edwin Nelson as Alex Hendricks
- Tony Miller as Raymond Gunderson
- Patricia George as Marla Stanosky, alias Marla Stanley
- Coleman Francis as Capt. R. M. Prell
- Nola Thorp as Kay
- Beach Dickerson as Barney Adams
- Trent Dollar as Boy
- Gene Walker
- Steve Harris
- Robert Wendell
- Henry Randolph
- Vic Tayback as a policeman
- Glenn Campbell
- Earl Miles
Notes[edit]
- ^ p.27 Ray, Fred Olen The New Poverty Row: Independent Filmmakers as Distributors Mc Farland
- ^ Ed. J. Philip di Franco, The Movie World of Roger Corman, Chelsea House Publishers, 1979 p 137
- ^ "Roger Corman Sets 10 to Nourish Filmgroup". Variety. 18 February 1959. p. 3.
External links[edit]
- T-Bird Gang at IMDb
- T-Bird Gang is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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