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.
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 |
Alex Wilson | Jerry McGowen |
Dick Miller | |
John Steadman |