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Bayou

  • 1957
  • 1h 23m
IMDb RATING
5.1/10
205
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Bayou (1957)
Drama

A New York architect meets a Cajun beauty in a remote bayou village.A New York architect meets a Cajun beauty in a remote bayou village.A New York architect meets a Cajun beauty in a remote bayou village.

  • Director
    • Harold Daniels
  • Writer
    • Edward I. Fessler
  • Stars
    • Peter Graves
    • Lita Milan
    • Douglas Fowley
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    • IMDb RATING
    5.1/10
    205
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Harold Daniels
    • Writer
      • Edward I. Fessler
    • Stars
      • Peter Graves
      • Lita Milan
      • Douglas Fowley
    • 13User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Peter Graves
    Peter Graves
    • Martin Davis
    Lita Milan
    Lita Milan
    • Marie Hebert
    Douglas Fowley
    Douglas Fowley
    • Emil Hebert
    Jonathan Haze
    Jonathan Haze
    • Bos
    Ed Nelson
    Ed Nelson
    • Etienne
    • (as Edwin Nelson)
    Eugene Sonfield
    • Jean Tithe
    Evelyn Hendrickson
    • Doucette
    Milton Schneider
    • Cousine
    Michael Romano
    • Felician
    Timothy Carey
    Timothy Carey
    • Ulysses
    • (as Tim Carey)
    • Director
      • Harold Daniels
    • Writer
      • Edward I. Fessler
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    • Trivia
      Repackaged as "Poor White Trash", The film ran for years on the south's drive-in circuit on a successful double feature with the similarly themed "I Hate Your Guts" (aka The Intruder (1962)).
    • Alternate versions
      1961 reissue has new sex and shock footage and a pre-credits banjo theme song and introduction.
    • Connections
      Followed by Scum of the Earth (1974)
    • Soundtracks
      BAYOU SONG
      (uncredited)
      Written by Dick Noel
      Sung behind credits by Dick Noel

    User reviews13

    Featured review

    This movie is really BAD!

    Just to show you how good IMDb really is, they have covered even this movie? It has been 42 years since I saw this much hyped, black and white joke. A group of us went to a drive-in thinking that we were going to see some nudity. After suffering through a movie that was shot almost entirely in the dark and in a swamp, nothing happened. What a loser! Has been the standard for 42 years for a bad movie.
    • Bob-587
    • Oct 23, 1999
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 1957 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Poor White Trash
    • Filming locations
      • Barataria Bay, Louisiana, USA
    • Production company
      • American National Films
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $10,000,000
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 23 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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