Dick Miller
Walter Paisley
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Synopsis
A café worker longs for acceptance among the artists and poets he serves. His attempt at sculpture takes an appalling turn, yet the result wins the admiration he wanted. Maintaining his new reputation demands increasingly terrible choices.
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DirectorsRoger Corman
Behind the scenes
Roger Corman accepted a very small budget, a five-day schedule and reused sets. These limits helped shape a compact horror comedy that also satirises artistic prestige and the hunger for recognition.
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.
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- Dick Miller — Rob DiCaterino · CC BY 2.0
- Barboura Morris — Roger Corman · Public domain
- Antony Carbone — Roger Corman · Public domain
- Julian Burton — Roger Corman · Public domain
