Girl On A Chain Gang (1966) (Special Edition) - April 19, 2022

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The Film Detective will be releasing Girl On A Chain Gang (1966) on April 19th. It will feature a commentary track, and an extra produced by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures.

Schlock producer Jerry Gross made his directorial debut with Girl on a Chain Gang (1966), a stirring feature about small town hate. William Watson, Julie Ange, and Ron Charles star in this shocker about three young people who are framed, arrested, and tossed into jail by corrupt Southern police. Gross, who produced everything from Blaxploitation films to features about teen pregnancy, exercised his social conscience in this drama about racist Southern cops. It was made the year after three civil rights workers were murdered in Mississippi, a subject Gross must've believed was worth exploiting into drive-in theater fare. True to his low budget roots, Gross filmed this one nowhere near the South, but in Long Island, New York!

Bonus Materials
Full length audio commentary
New, original essay, in a full color booklet
Featurette from Ballyhoo Motion Pictures