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Bloody Mama (1970) | Slate

Bloody Mama

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Rated 5.6 on TMDB

Bloody Mama

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.

Released: 1970
Runtime: 1h 30m
Rated: R
Genres: Crime, Drama
Country: United States of America
Language: English

Direction and writing

Roger CormanDirector

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Don PetersStory

Robert ThomStory, Screenplay

Gary GrilloAssistant Director

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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

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