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.
Rated R | Length 90 minutes
Shelley Winters | Pat Hingle | Don Stroud | Diane Varsi | Bruce Dern | Clint Kimbrough | Robert De Niro | Robert Walden | Alex Nicol | Pamela Dunlap | Michael Fox | Scatman Crothers | Stacy Harris | Lisa Linsky | Steve Mitchell | Roy Idom | Drew Bonner | Ted Eccles | Alan Haufrect | Gura Lashlee | Frank Snell
Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
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07/26/2024 | TV | Streaming | TV | 6.5 stars |
(Average) 6.5 stars |
Roger Corman-directed, low budget film based on the Depression-era Ma Barker crime family (her four sons). And it was not bad at all. Shelley Winters is pretty good as the somewhat deranged Ma Barker, and a very young Robert DeNiro plays one of her sons.
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