You gotta' believe... You gotta' have faith... But first, you gotta' get rid of the witnesses!
Sexually abused as a young girl, Kate "Ma" Barker grows into a violent and powerful woman by the 1930s. She lovingly dominates her grown sons and grooms them into a pack of tough crooks. The boys include the cruel Herman, who still shares a bed with Ma; Fred, an ex-con who fell in love with a fellow prisoner; and Lloyd, who gets high on whatever's handy. Together they form a deadly, bizarre family of Depression-era bandits.
- 5.5
- 1970
- Released
- 1h 30m
Shelley Winters
'Ma' Kate Barker
Pat Hingle
Sam Adams Pendlebury
Don Stroud
Herman Barker
Diane Varsi
Mona Gibson
Bruce Dern
Kevin Dirkman
Clint Kimbrough
Arthur Barker
Robert De Niro
Lloyd Barker
Robert Walden
Fred Barker
Alex Nicol
George Barker
Pamela Dunlap
Rembrandt
Michael Fox
Dr. Roth
Scatman Crothers
Moses
Stacy Harris
Agent McClellan
Lisa Linsky
Young Kate (as Lisa Jill)
Steve Mitchell
SheriffRoy Idom
Ferry Boat PassengerDrew Bonner
Bank Customer (uncredited)
Ted Eccles
Victim (uncredited)
Alan Haufrect
Prisoner (uncredited)Gura Lashlee
Daddy (uncredited)Frank Snell
Federal Agent (uncredited)
Released
en
- #prison
- #suicide
- #rape
- #sexual abuse
- #gangster
- #based on true story
- #dysfunctional family
- #murder
- #bank robbery
- #incest
- #machine gun
- #female gangleader
- #mother son relationship
- #female gangster
Reviews
Moma's Boys. Bloody Mama is directed by Roger Corman and written by Don Peters and Robert Thom. It stars Shelley Winters, Bruce Dern, Don Stroud, Robert De Niro, Diane Varsi, Robert Walden and Pat Hingle. Music is by Don Randi and cinematography by John A. Alonzo. Story is loosely based on the infamous Kate "Ma" Barker, who along with her sons would cause criminal carnage wherever they went.