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.
Cast
Peter Graves
as Martin Davis
Timothy Carey
as Ulysses
Lita Milan
as Marie Hebert
Douglas Fowley
as Emil Hebert
Jonathan Haze
as Bos
Ed Nelson
as Etienne (as Edwin Nelson)
Eugene Sonfield
as Jean Tithe
Evelyn Hendrickson
as Doucette
Milton Schneider
as Cousine
Michael Romano
as Felician
