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GIRL
GANG (Something
Weird Video) 1954. Drama. Approx 65 minutes. B&W. NR. Wanting to expand his business, dope pusher Joe sends out his
cronies to bring back some new customers. While he waits for them to
return, Joe uses this opportunity to “elevate” a young girl from pot
smoking to heroin shooting. Joe even takes his time to explain detailed
instructions on how to properly shoot heroin. Once he has the needle
loaded, he even injects the girl in her thigh for her. Later that day,
Bill and Wanda are brought back to the house and immediately hand over the
cash and start smoking pot. As time passes, Bill and Wanda join Joe’s
little gang of druggies and start to descend into a life of drugs. Wanda
even has sex with five guys in order to join the little gang. With every
passing day, Joe tightens his grip on Bill and Wanda with the lure of more
drugs. Wanting to make a big score, Joe sends Bill, Wanda, and a few
others to rob a gas station. They pull the robbery off, but not as
successfully as they had hoped.
Think
of this movie as Leave It To Beaver meets Sid and Nancy! All of the
characters are drug out degenerates, but they are polite as hell. The
dialog comes straight out of Wally and Beaver Cleaver. There is rampant
drug use, prostitution, insinuated gang banging, robberies, murder, and
even a cat fight! All this in 1954! One hilarious theme throughout the
movie is the sound of a harp playing (kind of like the noise Wayne and
Garth from Wayne’s World makes while daydreaming) when the kids get
baked or doped up. I guess the director wanted to make the viewers feel as
if they are just as wasted! When we are first introduced to the clubhouse
where the gang hangs out, we see all the kids sitting around and smoking
pot while one guy jams on a piano. After about four minutes of playing,
the kids get up and partake in a swing-dancing marathon. They really
boogie too. Also in the clubhouse is a special room where the girls can
have sex with the guys. There is a privacy sign on the door and even a
light above the door that lights up when in use, kind of like a
confessional in church. There is not a hint of nudity here, but most of
the women are babes. Although this movie could easily be an after school
special now a days, it must have caused an uproar in 1954. The video
transfer is surprisingly crisp and clear for such an old and forgotten
movie. If you want to see something very much ahead of it’s time, check
out Girl Gang. – Denis Sheehan
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