T-Bird Gang

T-Bird Gang
T-Bird Gang
Directed by	Richard Harbinger
Screenplay by	Tony Miller and John Brinkley
Produced by	Stanley Bickman
Starring	John Brinkley; Edwin Nelson; Tony Miller;
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

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

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

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

^ 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

T-Bird Gang at IMDb
T-Bird Gang is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

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[1] .27 Ray, Fred Olen The New Poverty Row: Independent Filmmakers as Distributors Mc Farland

[franco-2] Ed. J. Philip di Franco, The Movie World of Roger Corman, Chelsea House Publishers, 1979 p 137

[3] "Roger Corman Sets 10 to Nourish Filmgroup". Variety. 18 February 1959. p. 3.

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