''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

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's films.

Plot

A group of criminals rob a warehouse where they cosh the elderly night watchman. The watchman's ex-

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son Frank finds his barely conscious father who soon dies from the injury; his last words being that the group drove a white

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. 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

as a

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with ''

High School Big Shot ''High School Big Shot'' is a 1959 film starring Tom Pittman (actor), Tom Pittman, in his final film role, as Marv Grant, a smart high school student whose plans for getting a college scholarship are threatened by his alcoholic father played by Ma ...

'' as the first release of his

Filmgroup The Filmgroup was a production and distribution company founded by filmmakers Roger Corman and Gene Corman in 1959. Corman used it to make and distribute his own movies, as opposed to ones he was making for American International Pictures. (The re ...

company. Corman financed the film.Ed. J. Philip di Franco, ''The Movie World of Roger Corman'', Chelsea House Publishers, 1979 p 137 In February 1959 Filmgroup announced they would release ten films. Their first movies were ''

'' (1959) and ''T-Bird Gang'' (1959) produced by Stanley Bickman.

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 Beach Dickerson ( – 2005) was an American actor known for such films as '' The Trip'' and ''Crazy Mama''. Career Dickerson worked frequently with director Roger Corman. His first appearance was in '' Attack of the Crab Monsters''. He also app ...

as Barney Adams *Trent Dollar as Boy *Gene Walker *Steve Harris *Robert Wendell *Henry Randolph *

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as a policeman *Glenn Campbell *Earl Miles

Notes

External links

* * 1959 films 1959 drama films American black-and-white films American crime drama films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films {{1950s-US-drama-film-stub