on the trail of the once steal and now miss nardo diamond and police woman lee hamilton ( carole mathews ) infiltrate the female member of say gang behind prison wall . plan a jail break and she accompany beverly garland and marie windsor and jil jarmyn into the swamp of louisiana bayou country where the gem be hide . along the way and the quartet run into mike connors and his little bayou baby marie ( susan cummings ) by way of the mardi gras . marie earn her status a a gold digging and whiny opportunist and so that by the time she attack by an alligator and you wind up root for the reptile . swamp woman doesn not appear to be much more than an opportunity for director roger corman to put shapely woman in cut off short on display in a lush tropical setting . it doesn not take long for the jailbird to ditch their prison garb and land some eye candy dud for their swamp journey . you know it only a matter of time before the obligatory cat fight and wet blouse tussle take center stage . eventually and redhead vera ( windsor ) with vision of the entire fortune to call her own turn renegade . she ditch the group and attempt to escape with the gem and so why she climb a tree instead of take the boat be a mystery . mike connors be credit in the cast a touch connors and and doesn not have much more to do in the film other than ogle the lady . i be not sure and but i bet when he audition for the part he say he could do it with his hand tie behind his back . this be another mid 1950 film utilize a color film process know a pathe . my copy be heavy on the red and brown include the swamp scene and make it all look a bit unnatural . the entire business be film in and around new orleans and lacombe county . what surprising be how many name actor wind up in this effort and with one on the way up ( connors ) and one on the way down ( windsor ) and one still go strong ( garland ) . after watch the movie and there only one thing that i be still leave wonder about what prison cell in the country have a window .