Swamp Women

Not to be confused with Swamp Woman.

Swamp Women
File:Swampwomen.jpg 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 Cummings
Music by	Willis Holman
Cinematography	Frederick E. West
Edited by	Ronald Sinclair
Distributed by	Woolner Brothers Pictures Inc.
Release dates	November 16, 1956 (1956-11-16)
Running time	84 min
Country	United States
Language	English

Swamp Women (1956) was one of the first films directed by Roger Corman. This adventure/crime 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. Years later, Swamp Women was included as one of the choices in the book The Fifty Worst Films of All Time.

In July 1993 the film was featured in the movie-mocking television show Mystery Science Theater 3000 under the title Swamp Diamonds.

Production

The film was shot on location in Louisiana. Shot in 22 days.

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 categorized; Girls Gone Bad.

See also

• List of American films of 1956
• List of American films of 1955
• List of films in the public domain

External links

• Swamp Women is available for free download at the Internet Archive
• Swamp Women at IMDb