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Bloody Mama

You gotta' believe... You gotta' have faith... But first, you gotta' get rid of the witnesses!

5.6(109)19701h 30m2

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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Released
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Language
English
  • prison
  • suicide
  • rape
  • sexual abuse
  • gangster
  • based on true story
  • dysfunctional family
  • murder
  • bank robbery
  • incest
  • machine gun
  • female gangleader

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Director

Roger Corman

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalRLittle Rock, Arkansas24 Mar 1970
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical6 May 1971
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical25 Nov 1970
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1818 Mar 1971
    • PremiereHof International Film Festival23 Oct 2026
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical2 Dec 1970

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Bloody Mama was released on 24 March 1970.

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    John Chard

    3/9/2017

    7/10

    Moma's Boys. Bloody Mama is directed by Roger Corman and written by Don Peters and Robert Thom. It stars Shelley Winters, Bruce Dern, Don Stroud, Robert De Niro, Diane Varsi, Robert Walden and Pat Hingle. Music is by Don Randi and cinematography by John A. Alonzo. Story is loosely based on the infamous Kate "Ma" Barker, who along with her sons would cause criminal carnage wherever they went. "I told my boys …

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