Roger Corman was once asked why he made movies. He answered “Because that’s where the money is.” Actually, that’s what bankrobber Willie Sutton said about banks, but that way the quote doesn’t have anything to do with Roger Corman, so it would be pretty silly to even bring it up.
Because I couldn’t think of anything better to do, I mused upon Corman’s career as a director and producer, then looked at Swamp Women, one of the first films he directed, and then finally turned my gaze upon Avalanche, one of the man’s few real turkeys. It was a turkey that made money, though, and for Oscar winner Roger Corman, that was the sweetest award of them all.
#1 by Jen S on December 1, 2010 - 6:34 pm
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Ken, you might be able to find a better print under the title Swamp Diamonds–that was the title used when MST riffed this back in the day. However, it sounds like there may have been some minor edits between the two versions: For instance, Lee isn’t supposed to arrest the three women singlehanded, but just basically hang on like a leech until they retreive the diamonds and get out of the swamp, at which point the cops will surround them and arrest everybody.
How Lee’s supposed to signal the cops as to exactly which square half acre they’ll be emerging from is left conveniently unexplained, but at least there was some kind of effort to cover that particular bare patch.