| Director | Curtis Harrington |
|---|---|
| Budget | $600,000 |
| Box office | $16 million |
In 1935 Florida, lowlife mobster Nicky Rocco is betrayed and executed in the swampy backwoods as his pregnant gun moll Ruby Claire watches. He swears vengeance with his dying breath, and then she suddenly goes into labor. Sixteen years later in 1951, Ruby is now running a drive-in theater in the backwoods near her home and employs ex-mobsters to run the theater.