Gangsters em Fúria

Drive-In/Grind-House Flick from American International Pictures that Specialized in Cheap "Teen-Age" Fodder.

Sci-Fi...Horror...JD...Rock n' Roll Pictures were Their Forte and most of them were Average in the Genre with some Rising Above Budget and Expectations.

This one, Featuring a Dynamo of a Performance from the Sexy, Platinum Blonde, Dorothy Provine Dominating Every Scene where She Appears.

Appear She Does, in a Few Scenes Stripping to the Lingerie, with others in Skin-Tight Tops.

All the while Spitting Put-Downs and Ridicules to any Male in Sight.

Toting a Tommy-Gun and Getting Down and Dirty when it Counts.

Dorothy Takes Over the Gang and the Movie with Ease.

The Production shows No Signs of Period with 1950's Hair-Styles, Costumes, Slang, Chuck Berry Riffs on the Radio, and Attitude...

One of the Gang Members Dreams...

"I want a big Steak with a green salad on the side with a bottle of good whiskey."

Someone comes back with...

"Didn't you ever want a hamburger and coke."

Bonnie Tells a Neighbor who is going to night school...

"You're the end"

Note...Look for a cameo from Gangster and Western and B-Movie Star Bob Steele as an armored truck driver.

BONNIE AND CLYDE happens to be my favorite film, but as far as "exploitation" flicks go, this one is much fun and I wish I owned it. Ms. Provine is a jewel - sassy and bold and beautiful! Sidney Lassick from CUCKOO'S NEST has a small part as well. A 5 out of 10. Best performance = Dorothy Provine.

Late 50's and 60's exploitation flicks come with varying qualities, but this should be a camp classic, for it's inaccuracies, name changes, and outright hilarious dialogue, but Ms. Provine is a tough little cookie and means what she says and makes it a worthwhile film experience. Definitely hunt this one down!

For those who don't know who Bill Witney was, let me explain, he was the most famous serial maker ever. The most gifted in that domain. Besides this, he also directed films and also TV episodes. Grade Z westerns too, starring Allan Rocky Lane, Gene Autry or Roy Rogers, singing cowboys. So, you see...This one, made in the late fifties, tells a topic in the early sixties mode ( rebel youth, juvenile delinquency) but which actually takes place in the thirties. Bill Witney, long before Arthur Penn, told Bonnie Parker's story using this juvenile revolt; smart, isn't it? Dotty Provine is outstanding here. It is taut, tense, tragic, and an excellent film noir from a serial specialist. But after all Spencer Gordon Bennet, also a vet serial director, gave us THE BOUNTY HUNTER, which was for him BONNIE PARKER STORY was for Witney. Try one day to watch, also from Witney, STRANGER AT MY DOOR, a strange film really worth; don't worry I will talk about it later.

Don't turn on this flick for a lesson about the real life gangsters here. Bonnie is the brains in this mob. Throw in some 1950s rockabilly on the radio from the future and enjoy the ride.

AIP makes a 30s gangster movie, starring a very 50s looking Dorothy Provine as bombshell and bank robber Bonnie Parker. Why the screenwriters felt compelled to keep Clyde Barrow OUT of the story is only one of the confusing things about this film; instead they substituted a character called Guy Darrow!! And dig the so-close-to-rock-n-roll-it-made-me-put-on-my-blue-suede-shoes music on the soundtrack. Obviously aimed at the teen market of the time, The Bonnie Parker Story just looks weird now. Provine is actually pretty good if you can get past her Mamie Van Doren hair and bustline, but there's not much else to recommend here.