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.
Dick Miller | Walter Paisley | |
Barboura Morris | Carla | |
Antony Carbone | Leonard de Santis | |
Julian Burton | Maxwell H. Brock | |
Ed Nelson | Art Lacroix | |
John Brinkley | Will | |
John Herman Shaner | Oscar | |
Judy Bamber | Alice | |
Myrtle Vail | Mrs. Swickert | |
Bert Convy | Lou Raby | |
Jhean Burton | Naolia | |
Bruno VeSota | Art Collector | |
Lynn Storey | Sylvia | |
Tom Daly | Coffee-House patron | |
Alex Hassilev | Singer-Guitarist | |
George Hoagland | Art Exhibit Patron | |
Paul Horn | Beatnik Saxophonist | |
Kenner G. Kemp | Art Exhibit Patron | |
Perk Lazelle | Art Exhibit Patron | |
Sheila Noonan | Yellow Door Patron | |
Monty O'Grady | Art Exhibit Patron | |
Murray Pollack | Art Exhibit Patron | |
Jeffrey Sayre | Art Exhibit Patron | |
Henry Travis | Art Critic |
Director | Roger Corman | |
Writer | Charles B. Griffith | |
Producer | Samuel Z. Arkoff, Roger Corman, James H. Nicholson | |
Musician | Fred Katz | |
Photography | Jacques Marquette |