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.
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
US
Genres:
Crime, Drama
Release:
March 1970
Production:
American International Pictures
Cast:
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, Steve Mitchell
Tags:
prison, suicide, rape, sexual abuse, gangster, based on true story, dysfunctional family, murder, bank robbery, incest, machine gun, mother son relationship
