

Bloody Mama
1970 · Movie · 1h 30m · R
CrimeDrama
"You gotta' believe... You gotta' have faith... But first, you gotta' get rid of the witnesses!"
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes
13%
Metacritic
69/100
Key crew
- Robert ThomScreenplay
- Roger CormanDirector
- Don RandiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Shelley Winters'Ma' Kate Barker
- Pat HingleSam Adams Pendlebury
- Don StroudHerman Barker
- Diane VarsiMona Gibson
- Bruce DernKevin Dirkman
- Clint KimbroughArthur Barker
- Robert De NiroLloyd Barker
- Robert WaldenFred Barker
- Alex NicolGeorge Barker
- Pamela DunlapRembrandt
- Michael FoxDr. Roth
- Scatman CrothersMoses
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Themes
prisonsuiciderapesexual abusegangsterbased on true storydysfunctional familymurderbank robberyincestmachine gunfemale gangleader























