'Gator Bait

'Gator Bait (1974)

UNTAMED AND DEADLY, she ruled the swamp with a BLAZING GUN and a LUSCIOUS SMILE

Desirée lives deep in the swamp and supports herself and her siblings by poaching. After an accident involving Deputy Billy and a friend, the Sheriff, Deputy and a family of locals go after Desirée. Soon the hunters become the hunted as she exacts her revenge for their violence against her family.

Date of release
1974-10-12
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (27)
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Action, Thriller, Drama, Horror
Director
Beverly Sebastian, Ferd Sebastian
Collection
Gator Bait Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

'Gator Bait is a 1973 film written, produced, and directed by Beverly Sebastian and Ferd Sebastian.

Production

Ferd Sebastian said the film was written as a vehicle for Claudia Jennings, with whom they had worked on The Single Girls. "She wanted to do a film with not a lot of dialog, so Gator Bait was it," said Sebastian. "As I really like to work with the Cajun people. We all piled into our motorhome and left LA... We were headed for the swamps, Myself, Bev, Claudia, our two boys a dog and a pregnant cat.

According to a contemporary article, the Sebastians wrote the film for Jennings but she was unavailable for filming. They shot the movie for a week on location trying to find another actress, but then Jennings became available. "I would never have been satisfied with anyone else," said Beverly Sebastian.

The film was shot over three months mostly in Uncertain, Texas, near Caddo Lake and off the bayous at Red River between Shreveport and Natichotes. "We were down there with all the floods and had our locations wiped out every day," said Jennings.

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