Overview
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