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.

• DirectorRoger Corman
• Release21 October 1959
• Genre
  Comedy / Horror
• Duration1h 6m
• Budget$50,000
• Revenue$180,000
• Rate
  

  6.5
  148 reviews
• Productions

  American International Pictures, Alta Vista Productions