The Grissom Gang (1971)

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Set in the Depression, a gang of half-witted small-time hoods led by Slim Grissom kidnap heiress Barbara Blandish and Slim proceeds to fall in love with her. Remake of the British film No ... See full summary »

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1 February 2007 | Cyber256702000
One of the Dullest Gangster Movies I Have Ever Seen!
The Grissom Gang is the story of a criminal hillbilly family during the 1920's that kidnap the daughter of a millionaire and hold her for ransom. Unfortunately, what follows is one of the dullest gangster movies I have ever seen. It seems that Robert Aldrich tried to add some humor to the story which is also unfunny. None of the actors stand out as particularly good with the exception of Aldrich favorite Wesley Addy who I thought was quite good. The story is uninteresting and there is next to no action until the end at which point I was mostly just waiting to see the credits and be done. Aldrich is a fine director, but this is just not one worth watching. * out of ****

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Trivia

The film features a kidnapper falling in love with his hostage. This is the reverse of the more common "Stockholm Syndrome" where an abductee feels empathy towards her abductor. The name of this scenario has been labelled "Lima Syndrome". This condition was not named until about twenty-five years after this movie came out, when after a large abduction occurred in 1996. All of the hostages were let go due to sympathy towards them by their captors.

Quotes

Eddie Hagan: How come you never get your ass out of bed?
Anna Borg: Well, it's the place you seem to like it the most.

Soundtracks

I Can't Give You Anything but Love
Written by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh
Sung by Rudy Vallee

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Genres

Crime | Drama

Details

Release Date:

29 May 1971

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

Aldrich Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA

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