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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.
general audience, movie lovers
talent, artist, beatnik, sculpture, murder, proto-slasher
United States of America
asWalter Paisley
asCarla
asLeonard de Santis
asMaxwell H. Brock
asArt Lacroix
asWill
asOscar
asAlice
asMrs. Swickert
asLou Raby
asArt Collector
asYellow Door Patron (uncredited)
asSylvia
asNaolia
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