Bloody Mama (1970)
Crime · Drama
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.
Cast
- Shelley Winters as 'Ma' Kate Barker
- Pat Hingle as Sam Adams Pendlebury
- Don Stroud as Herman Barker
- Diane Varsi as Mona Gibson
- Bruce Dern as Kevin Dirkman
- Clint Kimbrough as Arthur Barker
- Robert De Niro as Lloyd Barker
- Robert Walden as Fred Barker
- Alex Nicol as George Barker
- Pamela Dunlap as Rembrandt