A Bucket of Blood

1959 · 66 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 8,458 VOTES · DIR. Roger Corman

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 956 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:28 I WILL TALK TO YOU OF ART
00:02:55 AND DREAM THAT ONE BRIGHT AND SUNNY NIGHT
00:05:32 WHEN YOU REPEAT SOMETHING, YOU ARE RELIVING A MOMENT
00:08:03 OH, WALTER. YOU LOOK AWFUL PALE.
00:14:00 AND BY THEIR MISERABLE DEATHS...
00:16:40 ¶¶ [ Saxophone ]
00:19:03 SEE YOU AROUND. YEAH. LATER.
00:21:07 ONE LITTLE THING.
00:24:19 YOU'RE GONNA SHOOT ME ! NO, DON'T SHOOT ME !
00:27:07 WELL, I REPORTED IN HERE AROUND MIDNIGHT.
00:30:13 AM I ON HIS BACK ? YOU'RE NOT VERY FUNNY.
00:32:08 FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE CAT...
00:34:35 I ADMIT IT.
00:36:31 OKAY. GOOD NIGHT, WALTER.
00:38:52 WHY DO YOU SUGGEST ANYTHING TO WALTER ?
00:40:41 I GOTTA MAKE ME SOME AIR.
00:44:44 AHH, BREAKFAST.
00:46:55 I AM ?
00:49:21 MOST ANYTHING, I EXPECT.
00:52:18 JUST WAIT TILL YOU SEE THIS.
00:54:27 ARE YOU READY ? WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF TIME.
00:56:52 WALTER, I'M SORRY, BUT--
01:00:15 MAXWELL SAYS IT'S ALL RIGHT.
25:00:00 ON THESE PIECES ALONE.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed956
Dialogue density14.5 lines / min
First line00:00:28
Final line25:00:00

Production Record

DirectorRoger Corman
LanguageEnglish
Budget$50,000
Revenue$180,000
IMDb votes8,458