A Bucket of Blood (1959)

What it’s about

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.

Cast

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  Dick Miller

  Walter Paisley

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  Barboura Morris

  Carla

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  Antony Carbone

  Leonard de Santis

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  Julian Burton

  Maxwell H. Brock

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  Ed Nelson

  Art Lacroix

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  John Brinkley

  Will

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  John Herman Shaner

  Oscar

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  Judy Bamber

  Alice

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  Myrtle Vail

  Mrs. Swickert

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  Bert Convy

  Lou Raby

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  Bruno VeSota

  Art Collector

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  Sheila Noonan

  Yellow Door Patron (uncredited)