Bloody Mama (1970)
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.
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Shelley Winters
'Ma' Kate Barker
Bruce Dern
Kevin Dirkman
Robert De Niro
Lloyd Barker
Pat Hingle
Sam Adams Pendlebury
Don Stroud
Herman Barker
Diane Varsi
Mona Gibson
Clint Kimbrough
Arthur Barker
Robert Walden
Fred Barker
Alex Nicol
George Barker
Pamela Dunlap
Rembrandt
Michael Fox
Dr. Roth
Scatman Crothers
Moses
Keywords
MurderMother son relationshipBased on a true storyPrisonGangsterSuicideRapeSexual abuseShootingBank robberyDysfunctional familyIncestMachine gunMother son incestBased on true story
