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.
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Cast
21 people
Shelley Winters
'Ma' Kate Barker
Known for
Lolita
The Night of the Hunter
Pat Hingle
Sam Adams Pendlebury
Known for
Batman
Maximum Overdrive
Don Stroud
Herman Barker
Known for
The Amityville Horror
Joe Kidd
Diane Varsi
Mona Gibson
Known for
Compulsion
Peyton Place
Bruce Dern
Kevin Dirkman
Known for
Nebraska
The Hateful Eight
Clint Kimbrough
Arthur Barker
Also in
Night Call Nurses
Von Richthofen and Brown
Robert De Niro
Lloyd Barker
Known for
Joker
GoodFellas
Robert Walden
Fred Barker
Known for
Love & Death
All the President's Men
Alex Nicol
George Barker
Known for
The Man from Laramie
Everybody Go Home!
Pamela Dunlap
Rembrandt
Known for
The Watcher
Dr. Death
Michael Fox
Dr. Roth
Known for
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
Scatman Crothers
Moses
Known for
The Shining
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Roger Corman Director · Robert Thom Screenplay Don Peters Story
Worldwide gross $1.5M · United States release March 24, 1970 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,542,000
Production
American International Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 24, 1970
Theatrical · Little Rock, Arkansas
France
November 25, 1970 · Theatrical
Germany
March 18, 1971 · Theatrical
October 23, 2026 · Premiere · Hof International Film Festival
Italy
December 2, 1970 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
May 6, 1971 · Theatrical
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