The film that shocked drive-in audiences in 1966: GIRL ON A CHAINGANG!
In 1966 Americans watched THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW with its fantasy about police in the South. GIRL ON A CHAINGANG was closer to reality!
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In the world of exploitation cinema, the name Jerry Gross is very well known. Gross owned and ran Cinemation Industries, a film studio/distribution company based in New York. Cinemation produced and/or distributed many movies like the teenage pregnancy film Teenage Mother (1967), the Swedish made sexploitation films Inga and Fanny Hill (both 1968), the revolutionary “Blaxploitation” classic Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971), the horror film I Drink Your Blood (1971) and the popular animated adult feature 1972’s Fritz the Cat. Just to name a few. After the company went bankrupt in the mid-70s, Jerry started the Jerry Gross Organization which continued the tradition, releasing shocking fare such as 1978’s controversial I Spit on Your Grave and the horror classic Zombie (1979).
Written, produced and directed by Gross, Girl on a Chain Gang, which was based on a story by Don Olsen, concerns three young civil rights activists who drive through a small Southern town and are wrongly arrested by the hateful and corrupt local police. Once they are brought to the station, the three young friends—two men and a woman—are put through the most humiliating and terrifying night of their lives.
Originally titled Bayou, Girl on a Chain Gang, which was made for a paltry $31,000 and shot in Long Island, New York, is a surprisingly (considering the budget) well-made, but, in some spots, disturbing film to watch. Based on actual events, the film deals with the hate and racism that existed in the mid to late 1960s (and unfortunately still exists today). The film also contains a talented cast (especially William Watson as the evil sheriff) and a memorable musical score by Steve Karmen. By BY ERNIE MAGNOTTA
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