Product Details

• Actors: John Brinkley, Ed Nelson, Tony Miller, Pat George, Coleman Francis
• Directors: Richard Harbinger
• Format: Black & White, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Bci / Eclipse
• DVD Release Date: April 24, 2001
• Run Time: 65 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005B6JY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #335,972 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "T-Bird Gang" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

A Car-Lover's "Must Have!"A high school student working with local law enforcement goes undercover to infiltrate the teen-based T-Bird Gang. But this gang plays for keeps and when his cover is blown things get hairy!Fast cars and trouble-making teens star in this 1959 black and white "beat" generation classic!System Requirements:Starring: John Brinkley Ed Nelson Tony Miller Beach Dickerson Pat George Nola Thorp and Glen Campbell. Running Time: (approx.) 75 mins. 2001 BCI Eclipse LLC.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE UPC: 787364418398 Manufacturer No: 44183-9

Customer Reviews

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Truly Awful, November 22, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: T-Bird Gang (DVD)

I enjoy good moves and I also get a hoot out of camp. This is neither. This is not a hot rod movie. There are no drag races, no street rods etc and worst of all absolutely no one is cool in it. There is only one "T-bird" and it is a 2 seat 56' not a 4 seat 58' or 59' as depicted on the cover. So it only holds one other person. They also have one other beat up car. This consitutes "the gang's" cars and with the two seater you are not going to be able to haul around a lot of gang members so it is a terribly small gang. The leader of the gang wears a sport coat and tie and drives around in the white T-bird with the top down even while pulling his "jobs" - I guess so everyone can get a good look at him and discribe him accurately to the police. Save your money and if you want true 50's camp buy the Peter Gunn TV series which is now out on DVD (2 sets)good action, great music (by Mancini). He has a cool girl friend that sings in a 50's lounge (Mother's), drives cool cars, wears cool cloths - he is 50's cool.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Rare Juvenile Delinquent Feature Finally Gets a DVD Release, June 23, 2001

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Michael P. Barnum (Oregon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: T-Bird Gang (DVD)

This Filmgroup release features John Brinkley as a young man whose father is killed in a robbery. He joins forces with the T-Bird gang in order to exact revenge on the killers. Some of the performances are a bit rough, but Ed Nelson as the leader of the T-Bird gang, and John Brinkley both put on a good show. Brinkley, who seemed to make a career of appearing in these juvenile melodramas, also co-wrote the screenplay along with his co-star Tony Miller. The low budget show throughout the film but it generally holds the viewers interest and for the price this is a hard DVD to pass up!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Undercover juvie, September 30, 2010

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Annie Van Auken (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: T-Bird Gang (1959) (DVD)

Roger Corman is the uncredited producer of T-BIRD GANG. Script is by its young star, John Brinkley.

The best aspect of this rather amateurish effort is an excellent beatnik-styled jazz score, as provided by drummer Shelley Manne and his Men: Monty Budwig (bass), Russ Freeman (piano), Charlie Mariano (alto sax) and Stu Williamson (trumpet).

The film opens with Manne's hand-slapping tom-tom solo while a warehouse is being sacked. A night watchman is stabbed when he confronts the robbers. After the juvenile gang drives away in Alex Hendricks' (Nelson) white Thunderbird, the critically injured guard manages to set off an alarm, then he collapses by the loading dock. His son, Frank (Brinkley) happens by, is told of the getaway car, then dad dies in his arms.

Police Capt. Prell (Francis) postulates to Frank that this may be the work of the Hendricks outfit. Seeking revenge, Frank decides to locate and infiltrate the gang.

Parenthetical number preceding title is a 1 to 10 imdb viewer poll rating.

(5.0) T-Bird Gang (1958) - John Brinkley/Ed Nelson/Tony Miller/Pat George/Coleman Francis/Nola Thorp/Beach Dickerson/Vic Tayback

CAST--
ED NELSON got his start with King of the 'B's Roger Corman. One year before "T-Bird Gang" he was the giant crustacean in Corman's ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS. He later appeared on TV's PEYTON PLACE(1964).

JOHN BRINKLEY worked with Nelson in Corman's A BUCKET OF BLOOD (1959). His 7-year cinematic career is evenly divided between TV series and 'B' grade films.

The last acting job for COLEMAN FRANCIS was a "rotund drunk" in cult classic BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS (1970).

VIC TAYBACK cameos as a cop. Here in his second film he's credited as "Tabback."

"T-Bird Gang" was also TONY MILLER's second movie. His first: ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS. (a pattern?)

BEACH DICKERSON's big screen debut: ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS!!!

"T-Bird Gang" was PAT GEORGE's only picture, otherwise she would've been in "Crab Monsters," too.