The Grissom Gang
Director Robert Aldrich earned so much money off the back of his film The Dirty Dozen (1967) that he was able to buy his own film studio and make the kind of films he wanted to make. Unfortunately, the first three that he made independently (The Killing of Sister George (1968), The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968), and Too Late the Hero (1970)) were all box-office flops. When this movie also crashed and burned at the box office in 1971, Aldrich was forced to sell his studio and go back to being a director for hire.,Matt Clark is running away when he's killed by a knife in the back. When his killer turns him over his mouth is open showing a lot of teeth with fillings which wouldn't be likely in the 1920's.,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.,Featured in Scott Wilson: A Different Kind of Killer (2018),I Can't Give You Anything but Love
Written by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh
Sung by Rudy Vallee,Faithfully adapted from the James Hadley Chase's novel, except concerning the very end, this movie from director Bob Aldrich is a film where you deal, besides Kim Darby, mainly with scoundrels, gangsters, villains, or disillusioned, hopeless, cynical characters; as in most James Hadley Chases' stories. Don't search for any good, positive character here. The only thing is greed, except the love interest of Scott Wilson's character for the beautiful hostage. As in the Chase's novel, and this love interest is nearly strange, quirky, compared to the greedy, ruthless, violent atmosphere of this movie. Kim Darby is not at her best, unlike Tony Musante, fairly convincing in a gangster role. Some moving, gripping scenes though, between the mad killer and the kidnapped girl.,