Bayou

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.

Directed by Harold Daniels

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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

Milton Schneider

Cousine

Michael Romano

Felician

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