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The other Leo Gordon is an accomplished
writer with dozens of solid screenplays to his credit
-- from modest westerns such as Black Patch to
big-budget adventure films like Tobruk. Fondly
recalled by a devoted phalanx of fortyish fans is a
low-budget series of shockers and teen films he scripted
in the fifties for producer/director Roger Corman. Attack
of the Giant Leeches, The Wasp Woman and Cry
Baby Killer were devised with genuine ingenuity
and retain an unspecifiable charm some 40 years later.
B MONSTER:
Tell me how you hooked up with Roger Corman.
LEO GORDON: I
sold a script to George Montgomery. Gene Corman, Roger's
brother, was representing him. The script was a western
called Black Patch. Montgomery wanted the script
and Gene Corman negotiated the deal. That's how I came
in contact with Gene. I wrote three scripts for him
and then two for Roger.
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