A Bucket of Blood

"You'll be sick, sick, sick — from LAUGHING!"

1959 1h 6m EN

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6.6

SOLID

★6.6TMDB · 170

ComedyHorror

Synopsis

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Nerdy Walter Paisley, a maladroit busboy at a beatnik café who doesn't fit in with the cool scene around him, attempts to woo his beautiful co-worker, Carla, by making a bust of her. When his klutziness results in the death of his landlady's cat, he panics and hides its body under a layer of plaster. But when Carla and her friends enthuse over the resulting artwork, Walter decides to create some bigger and more elaborate pieces using the same artistic process.

“You'll be sick, sick, sick — from LAUGHING!”

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Cast

Dick Miller
Walter Paisley
Barboura Morris
Carla
Antony Carbone
Leonard de Santis
Julian Burton
Maxwell H. Brock
Ed Nelson
Art Lacroix
John Brinkley
Will
John Herman Shaner
Oscar
Judy Bamber
Alice

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Roger Corman
Writers: Charles B. Griffith
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 66-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.1M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.6× over at the box office.

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ERA

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67 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Roger Corman, shot by Jacques R. Marquette. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Fred Katz. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Anthony Carras shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Dick Miller and Barboura Morris and Antony Carbone carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Roger Corman directs. Jacques R. Marquette behind the camera. Fred Katz scores. Anthony Carras cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Tight 66-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Shot for just $0.1M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Made its money back 3.6× over at the box office.
467 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
5Directed by Roger Corman, shot by Jacques R. Marquette. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Fred Katz. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Anthony Carras shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Dick Miller and Barboura Morris and Antony Carbone carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "You'll be sick, sick, sick — from LAUGHING!".
10IMDB entry: tt0052655 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.