Louisiana Hussy (1959)

Cajun newlyweds must deal with the jealousy of his brother, who also loved her, and the arrival of a mysterious seductress in their bayou backwater.

Director:

Lee Sholem

Writer:

Charles Lang (original screenplay)

Stars:

Nan Peterson, Robert Richards, Peter Coe

Cast

Cast overview:
Nan Peterson	...	Nina Duprez, alias Minette Lanier
Robert Richards	...	Pierre Guillot
Peter Coe	...	Jacques Guillot
Betty Lynn	...	Lili Guillot
Howard Wright	...	Cob
Harry Lauter	...	Clay Lanier
Rosalee Calvert	...	The Real Minette Lanier
Tyler McVey	...	Dr. J. B. Opie
Smoki Whitfield	...	Burt, the Manservant
Helen Forrest	...	Callie, the Gris-Gris Woman

Storyline

Brothers Pierre and Jacques Guillot are partners in trading furs and Spanish Moss and Jacques is mad at his brother because Pierre is about to marry Lily and Jacques thought he had the inside track on her. Jacques refuses to attend the wedding, and is out gathering moss with his assistant Cob when Callie, an old Gris-Gris woman, leads them to where she has found a badly beaten and unconscious young woman. They take her to Doc Opie just as Pierre and Lily are being escorted to their new home by friends following their wedding. The doctor asks Jacques to carry the beautiful stranger into the newlywed's house where he has her put to bed. Pierre takes an instant dislike to this girl who calls herself Minette. He steps into the bedroom and tells her she has to go but she throws her arms around him and kisses him...just as brother Jacques passes the bedroom window. Later, Minette tells him that Pierre had forced his attention on her while she was ill. Jacques moves her into his shack to ...

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Plot Keywords:

suicide | wedding | doctor | jealousy | spanish moss | 

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Taglines:

Born to make love... and make trouble!

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

April 1959 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Louisiana, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bon Aire Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Connections

Edited into Twisted Sex Vol. 23 (2007)

User Reviews

Unbelievably Bad But Fun

This film, which has an intriguing story and good location photography, is one of the most inept productions I've ever seen. Nan Peterson makes Cleo Moore look like a great actress in the name role. She struts around in tight clothes chasing everything in pants. The male actors, whose names I forget, win the prize for possibly the worst acting ever in a sound film. The laughable fight scenes are choreographed so poorly it makes one long for the old Republic serials. The only decent acting job in this potboiler comes from Betty Lynn, known mostly today from her role as Barney's girl friend in The Andy Griffith Show. According to Wikipedia, this screen classic was released in April, 1959 which I find puzzling. One scene has our lovely heroine doing a sleazy twist, a dance which, I believe, was not popular in 1959. In the last sequence, the lovely Miss Peterson is seen seducing a passerby driving a 1961 model Cadillac. Perhaps this screen gem was re-issued in 1961 with a few new scenes inserted. Several love scenes are interpolated which are quite steamy for 1959 (61?). If you ever enjoyed the Cleo Moore-Hugo Haas epics from the same era, you will enjoy this. I began watching this streaming on You Tube, from the "Alpha Special Edition" and couldn't turn it off. My friend and I were howling with laughter during the first five minutes. "She's a bad woman-a nymphomaniac!"