'Gator Bait

1974 film by Beverly Sebastian the film other uses Gator bait (disambiguation) February 2026 January 2025 'Gator Bait 'Gator Bait.jpg Theatrical release poster Beverly Sebastian,Ferd Sebastian Beverly Sebastian,Ferd Sebastian Beverly Sebastion Claudia Jennings Ferd Sebastian Ron Johnson Sebastian International Pictures Sebastian International PicturesDimension Pictures 1973 10 11 y 88 minutes United States English $150,000The Commercial Appeal 6 November 1973 29 Two filmmakers hit low 'Gator Bait' goal Gator Bait (U.K. title: Swamp Bait) is a 1973 film written, produced, and directed by Beverly Sebastian and Ferd Sebastian.'Gator Bait Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gator_bait/ The film starred former Playboy "Playmate of the Year" Claudia Jennings. It was followed by the sequel 'Gator Bait II: Cajun Justice.Videscope https://archive.org/details/videoscope.-true-pdf-fall.-2018/page/21/mode/1up? 21 Fall 2018 Ferd and Beverly Sebastian Plot The film follows a barefoot poacher named Desiree Thibodeau who lives deep in the swampland. Ben Bracken and Deputy Billy Boy find Desiree trapping alligators and chase her, looking to rape her. Desiree outsmarts the two men. During the chase, however, Billy Boy accidentally shoots Ben. Billy Boy tells his father, Sheriff Joe Bob Thomas, that Desiree was the shooter. Sheriff Thomas and his son join a search party who is also looking for Desiree and attack her family. Desiree exacts her revenge against the attackers. Cast Claudia Jennings as Desiree Thibodeau Douglas Dirkson as Leroy Bracken Bill Thurman as Sheriff Joe Bob Thomas Ben Sebastion as Ben Bracken Tracy Sebastion as Big T. Sam Gilman as T.J. Bracken Clyde Ventura as Deputy - Billy Boy Don Baldwin as Pete Bracken Janit Baldwin as Julie Vocals by Lee Darin Character actor Bill Thurman is best known for his work with writer-director Larry Buchanan on films such as Zontar, the Thing from Venus (1966) and Curse of the Swamp Creature (1966). He appeared in the major studio, mainstream films The Last Picture Show (1971) for Peter Bogdanovich, and The Sugarland Express (1974) for Steven Speilberg, that director's first theatrical feature. Sam Gilman, a close friend of Marlon Brando, appeared alongside the actor in the Brando vehicle, One Eyed Jacks (1961). 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. It was by far the most fun shoot I have ever been on."https://www.hysteria-lives.co.uk/hysterialives/Hysteria/loose_talk_loses_lives_40.htm Hysteria Llives JA Kerswell talks with Ferd Sebastian 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 Times-Mail 3 May 1974 11 Claudia Jennings plays cajun girl in new film 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.St. Joseph News-Press 16 June 1973 31 Former centrefold girl makes profits in movies Reception The film made its world debut at the Rose Garden Drive In in Tyler.Tyler Morning Telegraph 10 October 1973 5 Gator Bait film Slated World Premiere in Tyler According to a co producer on the film "Within a couple of weeks, we made a half million dollars on it. After 18 months, we made $15 million."Femme Fetales https://archive.org/details/Femme_Fatales_v09n02/page/n43/mode/1up? 44 9 2 Ari Bass Claudia Jennings Last Highway July 2000 "We know our audience," said Ferd. "Our movies have a plot that goes A-B-C. Nothing complicated just a lot of action and a story I can understand, that you can understand and that the guy who dropped out of school in the ninth grade can get something out of." See also List of American films of 1974 References External links Gator Bait at AFI Category:1974 films Category:1974 English-language films Category:American action thriller films Category:1974 action thriller films Category:Dimension Pictures films Category:American rape and revenge films Category:Films directed by Beverly Sebastian Category:Films directed by Ferd Sebastian Category:1974 American films Category:English-language action thriller films Category:Films shot in Texas Category:Films shot in Louisiana Category:Films set in Louisiana Category:Cajun culture Category:Films set in swamps Category:Films about hunting