The read
It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.1/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Harold DanielsDirector
- Edward I. FesslerScreenplay
- Gerald FriedOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Peter GravesMartin Davis
- Timothy CareyUlysses
- Lita MilanMarie Hebert
- Douglas FowleyEmil Hebert
- Jonathan HazeBos
- Ed NelsonEtienne (as Edwin Nelson)
- Eugene SonfieldJean Tithe
- Evelyn HendricksonDoucette
- Milton SchneiderCousine
- Michael RomanoFelician
Stills
Themes
exploitationswampromantic rivalry