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Swamp Women
A promotional film poster for "Swamp Women."Directed by Roger Corman Produced by Roger Corman Written by David Stern Starring Beverly Garland
Carole Mathews
Mike Connors
Marie Windsor
Jil Jarmyn
Susan CummingsMusic by Willis Holman Cinematography Frederick E. West Editing by Ronald Sinclair Distributed by Woolner Brothers Pictures Inc. Release date(s) 16 November 1956 Running time 84 min Country United States Language English Swamp Women (1955) was one of the first films directed by Roger Corman. This adventure/crime/horror film follows undercover police officer Lee Hampton who joins three female convicts and escapes from prison. The escape is part of a larger plot to uncover a cache of diamonds hidden deep within the swamps of Louisiana. This film is sometimes also known as Cruel Swamp or Swamp Diamonds. The film is now in the public domain.
In July 1993 the film was featured in the movie-mocking television show Mystery Science Theater 3000 under the title Swamp Diamonds.
DVD releases
- The film has been released by multiple companies as a 'bargain box' disc.
- The MST3K version of the film was released by Rhino Home Video as part of the Collection, Volume 10 (out-of-print on both Rhino's and Mst3k's official websites) and Collection, Volume 10.2 DVD sets. As of January 2010, Volume 10.2 is out-of-print on Rhino's official website, but still available on Mst3k's official website.
- This was also released as part of a large DVD box set of vintage exploitation films called Girls Gone Bad.
See also
- List of films in the public domain
External links
- Swamp Women is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
- Swamp Women at the Internet Movie Database
Films directed by Roger Corman 1950s Swamp Women (1955) · Five Guns West (1955) · Apache Woman (1955) · Day the World Ended (1955) · The Oklahoma Woman (1956) · Gunslinger (1956) · It Conquered the World (1956) · Naked Paradise (1957) · Carnival Rock (1957) · Not of This Earth (1957) · Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957) · The Undead (1957) · Rock All Night (1957) · Teenage Doll (1957) · Sorority Girl (1957) · The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957) · I, Mobster (1958) · War of the Satellites (1958) · Machine-Gun Kelly (1958) · Teenage Cave Man (1958) · She Gods of Shark Reef (1958) · A Bucket of Blood (1959) · The Wasp Woman (1959)1960s Ski Troop Attack (1960) · House of Usher (1960) · The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) · Last Woman on Earth (1960) · Atlas (1961) · Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961) · The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) · The Premature Burial (1962) · The Intruder (1962) · Tales of Terror (1962) · Tower of London (1962) · The Young Racers (1963) · The Raven (1963) · The Terror (1963) · The Haunted Palace (1963) · X (1963) · The Masque of the Red Death (1964) · The Secret Invasion (1964) · The Tomb of Ligeia (1964) · The Wild Angels (1966) · The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967) · The Trip (1967) · Target: Harry (1969)1970s 1990s Frankenstein Unbound (1990)Categories:- Thriller film stubs
- 1955 films
- American films
- English-language films
- Independent films
- Directorial debut films
- Films directed by Roger Corman
- Films shot in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes
- Exploitation films
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