Girl Gang (1954) EXPLOITATION
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Stars: Joanne Arnold, Timothy Farrell, Harry Keaton
Director: Robert C. Dertano
A sleazy gangster has a gang of young girls commit robberies and prostitution for him by getting them hooked on dope.
As a cost saving measure, this movie was filmed in Robert C. Dertano's back yard.
Cannibis must have been different back then; I don't remember ever hearing harps whilst toking...
I don't either , for I was too stoned to do so .LOL.
I usually heard some r&b...on the record player. 😏
@@miapdx503 When? During 1954 , when this was filmed?
@@johnceglick8714 I was born in 1959, so, no...
I have.
the name TIMOTHY FARRELL is a mark of QUALITY! Thanks for this one, PF. These vintage JD flicks never get old!
Check out Tim in Jailbait 1954. He was epic, and in real life a bayliff for LA county in the 50's
@@garyzimmer8061 I've seen nearly all his movies over the past year! So much fun. I hope the lost Hometown Girl is found someday.
@@acidwashvideo Ed Woods Jr.,....the legend!!
@@acidwashvideothis is about like a part 2 in ( gun girls) even has some of the same actors. cool.
That's is so cool u knew the actors name who played Joe I thought I was the only one who cared bout films like this u have intelligence good to see there are some of us left 🎉
All these lovely ladies graduated from the Jerry Mathers Acting Academy in Culver City!!!!
Brian Wells omg 😆 Perfect!!!
Brian Wells: all of those ladies went on to the Larry Storch Acting College in Culver City.
🤣🤣🤣
They’re certainly as talented as Jerry. 😁
The acting is... terrible.
The script is... terrible.
The sets are... terrible.
But it's a neat little movie!
Some old movies are so bad, they're actually good... this is not one of them.
Corny and hard core at the same time. PizzaFlix - you never cease to amaze.
Why are my grandparents making me watch this?
Lol. Preventive measures.
They want to make sure you know the right way to do heroin
That $50 he gave her is around $450 today.
I would love to know what the grandchildren think of their grammars in this movie.
or their Grandpas
You mean great-grandchildren.
Tim Farrell brought new meaning to the word "wooden" in every film he was in, which was interesting he worked mostly with ed wood and this feels like an ed wood film, but his unless he used robert c dertano as an alter ego, he musta skipped this one
I was going to say "isn't that the guy that only worked in Ed Wood films?"
18:30 same exact alley in gun girls. 100%
WoW I loves this classic joint!!
Let's have a tea party.
Opening scene..hitch hikers...nothing could go wrong...LMAO...
Those big old cars did not drive, they lumbered.
True, but I bet back then they thought they ran smooth as silk. Nowadays, they're like driving a big block of cement.
The Citizen Kane of movies featuring girls in pointy brassiers.
heart pounding, gripping,,..... throttles to a head pounding thrill, with acting that is mezmerizing, appeplectic in talent, that succumbs in a death sword falling disappointment. No doubt, this is an academy winner, 'before 'ya get anymore stuff from me', a Shakesperian retort through a style of writing truly of classiscal dominance in the scale of journalistic enlightenment of it's day.
The writers: Well we have 2 scripts. This first one devotes a lot of time to developing the plot and all the individual characters.
Director: Um, okay. What else?
The writers: Well the second one is just some random scenes connected by long stretches of the teens smoking while angelic music plays.
Director: I love it!
Exactly. Not much detailed content. Just a typical 1950s movie style drug den run by a local gangster. . The bulk of the content is young teens smoking weed and older ones talking about and using heroin. Back then they made a ton of drug/exploitation films that are basically all the same.
@@WitchidWitchid The point still depicts being self destructive , and guilt by association .
I think these kind of movies were played at "grind houses" in Los Angeles, New York , Cleveland , Chicago , etc. Also was probably the second features at movies shown in the South. (Dallas, Biloxi, Waycross , Tuscaloosa , etc.
How about Philly , Pa.?
@@johnceglick8714 Sure,and let's not forget Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Miami, Florida, Seattle, Washington, Baltimore, Maryland, Washington DC, etc. C'mon everyone, name cities, towns and states!
@@shawnmalone9711 That's quite a few. Norm for the 50s? I was born 3/30/ 1957. If that means something ? Probably not.
@@johnceglick8714 Hollywood was still trying to get people away from TV, and these second features were aimed at teenagers. They had cars and money and the movies were probably their private "passion pit" to escape from the prying eyes of adults. Anyway , these movies were geared towards getting the teens into spending money at the drive in or movie theater. There's nothing wrong with being born in 1957, you are the same age as my eldest cousin and since a lot of our relatives have passed he is the family patriarch now . I remember he graduated high school in 1975 and he had long hair and listened to Led Zeppelin, Foghat, Earth Wind and Fire, Grand Funk and tried to learn how to do the "hustle". He kept us away from drugs and was a great role model. He enlisted in the US Army in 1975 and stayed in the service until 1995. Now he's talking about " back in the day" and trying to teach the new generation about morals and trying to tell the younger generation " to keep on trucking"!
@@shawnmalone9711 Same here. Graduated 1975 @ 18 , and Led Zep, Grand Funk, Foreigner , Foghat , but remember the Yardbirds , Mystic Tide , Fugitive 5 , Bobby Fuller , Johnny Rivers , Sly and Family Stone , Kinks, Zombies , Beach Boys Motown , James Brown , Mamas And Papas, Gary Lewis and The Playboys , Count 5 , Sonny and Cher , Beatles Rolling Stones , Animals , Dave Clark 5 , Nancy Sinatra , American Bandstand , Shindig , Hullabaloo , Patty Duke , Gomer Pyle , Adams Family , Archie's , WoodStock, Monterey, etc: it goes on !
Went in the USMC @ ,22 for nearly 6yrs. , Was a 2nd Lieutenant , and got a degree in 2ndary Ed , and taught history on School.
My uncle was kia in NAM mid-3/1968 10 days B-4y 11th bday.
Yeah, I try to talk to the youngins about yesteryear , and some love to listen to the things I remember.
1968-69 were radical times then, and times are more dangerous now.
It's the principle of the movie; on a ruinous path.
Heroin was a big problem in the 50s too! The thing is that the early to mid 50s kids were born 1930-35. So, by 1954-5 they were in there late teens and influenced by jazz and beatniks who dabbled in smack.
Co-starring 1950's pin-up cutie Peggy Winters. She's the brunette in the opening scene.
think Jo Ann Arnold was May '54 playmate.
That explains why she kept striking that pose. She kind of was like Jane Russell. Tough but beautiful.
One of the girls in the beginning was also in the dream sequence in Glen or Glenda....don't happen to know her name?
There ARE some real lovelies here, for sure!!
I love black and white movies.
Back when you could have a PAY phone in your drug den. "Pot? Heroin? I don't see anything. I'm just here to collect the dimes...."
Love how they show no signs of being high after shooting up the heroin.
And the new kids trying pot for the first time are so polite and nicely dressed
@@lindaeasley5606 Those were the days that guys wore suits in high school
@@robotrix punks even then didn't wear suits,though More like tee shirts and jeans
@@robotrix Absolutely correct. My father was drafted in spring of 54 @ 19 , turning 20 11/20/54. He said kids were known to use heroin , and shooting up was called tracking , because of track marks left on arm , or wherever else.Also, marijuana was widely used , so the 50s weren't all that innocent , maybe fabulous though .
Watched it for the constant presence of fully fashioned stockings.
That was a throwback for me. I stopped wearing those, in the '70s, when pantyhose became the thing. But the woman, in this movie, made those clipon stockings look fashionable again. They looked neat.
GO SLOW when you take off those nylons girl!!!
everything happens on that couch. Joe needs a sectional.
Lol
An occasional piece.
watching these movies really makes me feel like the old scoundrel I used to be. 😛
That harp player must have worn their fingers down to the nub......
Lol😂😂😂
Good one. 😆
46:00 He ODs on pot. I love how the cops completely ignore the woman on the table, don't even bother staying with her or calling an ambulance.
Yeah. That scene was a little lame.
The Doc is running away, he's unarmed, and the cops shoot him in the back. Back in those days you didn't have to to pose a threat to the cops. The cops could just shoot you as a means of stopping you.
@@WitchidWitchid I wouldn't interpret what happens in movies as what happens or happened in real life.
@@steveweinstein3222 Of course. It was sarcasm. Although I do believe that during the time this film was made cops had more leeway regarding when they use their guns.
@@WitchidWitchid In fact, they probably used their guns less in those days. I'm not anti-cop -- they have a tough job, and most are on the level --- but they certainly weren't as worried about being called to account for being trigger happy
I knew all that drug taking would eventually lead to dancing and so it did.
mark prescott 😂😂😂🙌🙌🙌🙌
Yeah, seems like each one was winding up to the music, then each at the same time felt like dancing. They were in sync with that.
A Chrysler Town and Country with Buick portholes?😂😂😂😂😂
29:25- Welp, time to start your own gang! I'm sure Doc will be happy to help, hot shots for all the boys!
I really miss my copy of Switchblade Sisters.
Could that robbery be any more bungled? Lol!
The dance scene is hilarious
I think the idea of a gang of girl gangsters sounds surreal but they did exist in the 20s and 30s.They did mainly stealing and chopping up cars for spare parts.
Couch pot head : Jeepers I'm tired of marijuana .Let me have some of that swell heroine oh please please please!
-Pretty good movie. I like watching these movies for several reasons and one is looking at these old cars from 1954 and even back to the 1940's era.And that Nash police car was real neat.Then the way the chicks had their skirts going almost down to their ankles.-All in all i always love checking out any & all these movies from about 1935 and on.The only movies i don't go in for are the Silent ones.-A good movie that i saw several months ago was(Carnival of souls)B&W.I think this movie was in the early 60's and was a very good movie that i will watch again.
a sex & drug 'how too' film with a phantom of the opera music score. 😁
But they're doing it wrong! You gots to filter your hare-on!
That's what my hubby said! 😆
@@babalon7778 😝😜
I love 💕 these old films 🎥
the cops messed up the crime scene so bad.
Aaah , the old style pay phones , when a dime is all you needed . Now you need a 2nd mortgage for a decent cell phone !
Whoa Nellie, my foot won't stop tapping.
In those days, you could get a paint job on your car for $29.
Don't you mean $29.95?
@@roberthenahan7885free of tax
Not sure if I'll finish this "masterwork," but wanted to make a coupla comments: I found all the dialogue scenes with the "girls" sublime. Ditto for the dancing, even tho' it seemed to go on forever. While the couple in front were clearly pros, the poor guy in the gray shirt in back of them was having a hard time of it. I felt bad for him but at least he was trying! lol
The sound was awful....they must have had the mikes aimed at the floor
A "dime" was a $10 bag of weed.
They were using the same expression, a dime bag, in the '70s, though I'm sure the content was smaller.
Your know bad things will happen when someone is rockin' "boogy woogy" jazz on a cheap piano.
After this watch the Cross and the Switch Blade.
A public service film about how to prepare and use heroin for the kids of the fifties!
No kidding. It was like watching an instructional video.
That's exactly what they were in the form of a warning video
Real programming
They left out the filtering step, if you draw ir up unfiltered you can die.
Couldn't keep up with the dialogue during the carjacking scene...
i thought i was watching an Ed Wood movie
Remember kids: Only dopes DO dope! Or YOU too could be the inspiration for a cheesy exploitation flick!
terrible film. i loved it! its so bad i want to watch it again.
LMAO
I love this movie. I was searching reefer madness and this popped up with it so I watched it one day and loved it!
All of the actors sound like community theater rejects 😂
Great fun...how to make movie with no budget...cheers
@@dianalewandowski7421 Also check out 'She Shoulda' said no 1949, and cocaine fiends 1936, and Assassins of Youth' 1937? gAMBLING W/SOULS 1936, MORE IF YOU WANT.
thank you
Pretty much on the mark , and this is 2022 !
Bill Haley , and the Comets had "Rock Around The Clock " that yr 1954.
Not a terrible film for its time. It's one of the first that highlights somewhat graphically the exploitation of drugs, illegality that stems from it, and the corruption of youth seduced into participating. IMDb gives it a rating of 5.1, and higher than a lot of other films of similar genre and era.
A lot more pro than Ed Wood and not as over the top as R Madness
This was so bad, I think I'm addicted!!
My lovely friend, I know EXACTLY what you mean!!!! LOL!! Peace and prosperity to you and yours. Truly.
Great stuff 😂
I'm gonna introduce you to something harder than weed .
Gee ,you're swell
Iris,....I LOVE A GOOD PICTURE
Is this one of those films with that type cast guy who always plays a heroin dealer?
Skirts and tight sweaters. What a combo. :)
the gas station man lol
Joy pop...gotta love the lingo in this travesty of a movie...🤣🤣🤣
Joy pop was the jargon used with smack users bz k then in the 50s.
Heroin was big problem in.50s!
These kids were born in the 1930s too. Late teens by 50-55, they had to be born in 1930s. And, what were the influences tjat led to this?
I think with the b bop jazz sound , and beatniks comming on2 the svene may have played a part, and also, the Korean War may have to too. I think the mob had alot of influence in pushing it to the younger kids who werr getting onto yhat rebellion stage!
Give me another Mary Jane LOL loved ethat one
she needed the key to get into the smaller safe box lol
No, after he took out the cash he didn't re-lock the cash box.
That boogie woogie from 29:50 to 34:37 is really all reet!
they got the jumpin' jive', ...like Cab Calloway knows!
@@garyzimmer8061 Solid.
This was such a bad movie, although I watched it to the very end.
the sound track from this reminds me of the old mighty mouse cartoons.
All these "kids" look thirty years old
Always remember...
its what's up front that counts
I'll try to keep abreast of that
DID THEY HAVE TO SHOOT THE OLD MAN IN THE BACK???
George The Old man was just as guilty and a criminal, in life we have consequences.
No they didn't, esp. since Doc never showed a gun, or fired at them. Regardless if he's a criminal, there are still guidelines that they're suppose to follow.
Wow, shot him in the back instead of tagging a leg. Cops render justice🤔
No kidding...the cops shoot to kill first and ask questions later in all the old shows. That's before police learned that shooting an old unarmed man in the back instead of chasing him down is illegal and unjust....a sort of "kill em all and let God sort it out mentally." It kept the jails from being overcrowded.
24:10 - must be really good weed.
If you are a tough guy these girls should on the top of your list.
@ 51:01 stealing wouldn't be a bad idea the way gas prices sky rocketed !
Just ask and ye shall Recieve
Joanne Arnold is pretty and Tim Farrell is pretty awful. You can occasionally hear him doing voice overs in cheap "scare" films showing drugs, theft, under age drinking or wild sex (within limits, of course) in educational films. All the outdoor scenes are filmed silently with minimal sound effects, an occasional car door shutting sound, or dialogue added later. Notice that any talking in exterior shots are with the "actors" (yes, I had to call them that as they are on celluloid), always face away from the camera when speaking, which isn't too often. Dialogue was added later. And the Doctor that the police gunned down in cold blood was an "actor" that had to work because his brother and sister-in-law decided to stop supporting him after many years. See his name in the credits? That is Harry Keatan. He was Buster Keaton's brother, known as Harry "Jingles" Keaton. As everyone stood around talking, taking money and drinking, it's no wonder the poor girl died. After Tim Farrell gave the girl on the table some "medication" (most likely a Life Saver) from Doc's pocket, Doc threw the next one away. Why? Maybe Doc didn't like the cherry flavor? Medical science, and we, will have eternity to ponder that question. Or maybe not. I found this to be a hoot. No money for wardrobe as everyone wore the same clothes in every scene. Amazing what you could do with a $100 budget and a movie camera in the 1950's. Thanks for posting! (Larry Wolff)
-Nice to see a resent post(Thank you)Rather then the many many post that are 2 to 8 years ago.Wish more ppl would start posting a comment.I love hearing other people's opinion about a movie i just saw.Many times other posters point out something in the movie that i missed so i can go back and check it out.
I wonder if Ed Wood had any input in making this movie. Its seems to be the kind of movie he would make.
UA-cam's new 'most played' algorythm shows us all the bits where the ladies takes thier clothes off! 😥😥
KILLER!!! SO GOOD! Wish I could check out 1950's Cali culture, not to mention the 1950's mota, straight from Oaxaca. SURE it's nothing like the reefer they have Now. I like the old stuff Better. The new jazz is too strong for me. No fun anymore. Great flick tho....from the comically bad acting (esp. right in the Beginning) to all of the great lingo & slang, this one was a real Find! Oh, and let's not forget the HARP music!! Sure they weren't doing shrooms and not weed? LOVED IT!
OMG...the acting is so bad...
12:07 to 12 :17 worst.ever.
Oh what fun this was. Thank you.
and yes, the acting in this movie is maybe worse then plan 9 from outer space or jail bait or mesa of lost women
Where's this films Academy Award????
Getting booked on marygewana!
I love these cheesy films
This Is My Kind Of Movie
Thanks for watching! May the Sauce be with you.
I wonder if can upload sea monster movies if that's Ok!
1:01:35,those two cops shot him in the back.today they would have charged and put on trial/
Even then, perhaps. But he WAS an escaping murderer. He could be construed as an imminent public threat. Besides, he was White. So maybe it's okay.
You got that right. Because the Doc never showed a gun, nor shot at them. That's taking the law, into their own hand.
1954. Wow, so demurely dressed, yes, just like the 1950s. Even the girl gangsters didn't wear trousers. But I had never heard marijuana called weed in those days.
Or called mary Jane either. Lol, I really thought Rick James invented that name. Wow, am I learning.
@@c.calliecoleman1531 Mary Jane for marijuana was used amongst the jazz musicians way before the 50s. Used in the 20s too!
Wow at 2:48 the guy went down before anyone hit him… maybe he had a foot fetish..LOL ( I bet they need some cash for that evil weed marijuana…), Yep I knew it…
he looks like he needs a joy pop lol.
this was before gun girls. hilarious movie.
This is the first, and only black n white movie I've seen that talked about drug use, and addiction so openly. This one was good about it, they didn't cut any corners. Most of those old movies banned things like too much sex scenes or drugs, they kept it clean, and I guess that's why I like them. But this one was educational and kids need to see it, to know what kind of road it is.
If you're so inclined, perhaps check out Otto Preminger's The Man with the Golden Arm. Only made a year later than this, depicting drug use with negative consequences, and a hell of an upgrade in terms of production value, acting and storyline.
@@tropicalcatdetective Thank you. I'll check it out.
At one point in the film the boss of the drug den gives hands on step by step instructions on how to prepare and inject heroin.
@@WitchidWitchid Shooting up 101 1st period.
@@tropicalcatdetective -Yeah,That really was a good movie and even stared a young & skinny Frank Sinatra.
I think the JOY POPS gave their breasts natural augmentations!! lol!! The harp was going into overdrive !! ha!!
-Yes,Real nice breasts w/the natural look. And thanks for being a resent poster. We need more ppl leaving a comment like you.Your comment's really do mean a lot..
...so that's what it's like...
yes, pretty much so, with heroin anything goes to make money. Even straight guys giving gay sex.
Lol
Yeah! That's was what they said "JOY POP" turning on man!
The music scene is way too long
Seems to me the dialogues popularise the use of drugs, not the other way around... Weird film to say the least.
So bad it’s good.
the 50's drug den was so classy and wholesome
The police really just murdered that guy at the end, huh?
They couldn't outrun the old guy so they just shot him. Just like modern cops.
-Yep,they sure did.Shot the guy right in the back & no way could the cops do this today. Also it's nice replying to someone 4 months ago as compared to the 4-5 & even 8 years ago that other people post.
Mainlining 101 at 1st period kids ! LOL!
Not exactly Hollywood's A-list.
Or B-list
BTW, those in the know tell me that the pot back then was about 30x's weaker than today's
Don't know about heroin....
At first I thought this was vintage porn until they struck him on the head.
14:44 "few" will get to see the needle marks? ..Well, I woulda slapped him! What kinda girl did he imply she was?
this movie is true classic i just love it
Oh dear gawd, this cheap, sleazy little number is really lacking momentum, the movie could do with a shot in the thigh itself just to liven things up a bit. Sort of a wannabe Russ Meyer joint, but ends up being more of a drowsy Ed Wood-ian flick instead. Despite this, it was also 100% enthralling from start to finish and I didn't regret sticking with it all the way through at all, lol. On the Unexpected Playmate Cameo Scale, I'm rating this one 5 out of 5 Joanne Arnolds.
So cool how he lit the match off his heel but why the long how-to on shooting up. Every kid can learn how to pop. And Daisy making dinner with Doc lushing it up in the daytime. Only exploitation films could show this stuff. Hollywood wouldn't show the evil Doc,group sex,the pimp and the rest.