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Bayou

Somewhere, a 15-year old girl may be a teenager... in the Cajun country, she's a woman full-grown! ...and every Bayou man knows it!
Jun 1, 1957 · 1h 23m
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PLOT

In 1957, director Harold Daniels was hired by producer Michael A. Ripps to oversee BAYOU, a cheaply made, overly melodramatic tale of swamp life. The low budget film starred a pre-MISSION IMPOSSIBLE Peter Graves, Corman regular Jonathan Haze, and the effortlessly bizarre Timothy Carey. But despite this eclectic cast, BAYOU was a major flop at the box office. So Ripps recut the film, adding an off-camera rape scene and a new, bloody conclusion to its climatic fight. Of even greater importance was Ripp's new title: POOR WHITE TRASH.

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CAST

Peter Graves
Martin Davis
Timothy Carey
Ulysses
Lita Milan
Marie Hebert
Douglas Fowley
Emil Hebert
Jonathan Haze
Bos
Ed Nelson
Etienne (as Edwin Nelson)
Eugene Sonfield
Jean Tithe
Evelyn Hendrickson
Doucette
Directed by Harold Daniels

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
American National Films
Country
US

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