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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!”
3.5 / 10• 1957• 1h 23m•NR• English
Drama
Storyline
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 & Crew
Peter Graves
Martin Davis
Lead
Timothy Carey
Ulysses
Lita Milan
Marie Hebert
Douglas Fowley
Emil Hebert
Jonathan Haze
Bos
Ed Nelson
Etienne (as Edwin Nelson)
ES
Eugene Sonfield
Jean Tithe
EH
Evelyn Hendrickson
Doucette
What People Are Saying
2.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Harold Daniels's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Bayou is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
