Bloody Mama

Bloody Mama

You gotta' believe... You gotta' have faith... But first, you gotta' get rid of the witnesses!

1970•1h 30m•5.5/10

CrimeDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.5/10(102)

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.

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Production

American International Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Shelley Winters

Shelley Winters

'Ma' Kate Barker

Pat Hingle

Pat Hingle

Sam Adams Pendlebury

Don Stroud

Don Stroud

Herman Barker

Diane Varsi

Diane Varsi

Mona Gibson

Bruce Dern

Bruce Dern

Kevin Dirkman

Clint Kimbrough

Clint Kimbrough

Arthur Barker

Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro

Lloyd Barker

Robert Walden

Robert Walden

Fred Barker

Alex Nicol

Alex Nicol

George Barker

Pamela Dunlap

Pamela Dunlap

Rembrandt

Michael Fox

Michael Fox

Dr. Roth

Scatman Crothers

Scatman Crothers

Moses

Stacy Harris

Stacy Harris

Agent McClellan

Lisa Linsky

Young Kate (as Lisa Jill)

Steve Mitchell

Steve Mitchell

Sheriff

Roy Idom

Ferry Boat Passenger

Drew Bonner

Bank Customer (uncredited)

Ted Eccles

Ted Eccles

Victim (uncredited)

Alan Haufrect

Alan Haufrect

Prisoner (uncredited)

Gura Lashlee

Daddy (uncredited)

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