Name: T-Bird Gang
Director: Richard Harbinger
Released: 1959

T-Bird Gang

1959 · Sparta Productions · Dir. Richard Harbinger

Cooperating with the police in order to revenge his father's death, Frank joins a youth syndicate master-minded by the sadistic Alex. When members become suspicious, Frank must cooperate with the gang activities in order to prove his loyalty. Now personally involved and unable to contact the law or his girl friend, Frank's true identity is revealed to brutal leader whose anger he must now face. Meanwhile the selfish disloyalty of the boss is revealed and in bitter hatred the most trusting youth of the syndicate turns on the leader.

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The film was released in 1959 and registered for copyright by Sparta Productions on July 10, 1959, under registration number LP15174. According to the copyright laws governing works published between 1928 and 1963, a copyright must be renewed with the US Copyright Office during the 28th year of the first term to extend protection for a second term. A thorough search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE) reveals no renewal record for this title. The initial 28-year term expired at the end of 1987. Because the copyright was not renewed, the film entered the public domain in the United States on January 1, 1988. The film's public domain status is further corroborated by its inclusion in various public domain film collections and its widespread availability on archive sites and through distributors specializing in public domain content (such as Alpha Video). Note: generated without live web grounding (the grounded research engine was unavailable). Verify the cited sources independently before relying on this determination.

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