Crime Drama
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.
Directed by
Roger Corman
Pat Hingle
Sam Adams Pendlebury
Robert Walden
Fred Barker
Don Stroud
Herman Barker
Bruce Dern
Kevin Dirkman
Pamela Dunlap
Rembrandt
Scatman Crothers
Moses
Robert De Niro
Lloyd Barker
Steve Mitchell
Sheriff
Diane Varsi
Mona Gibson
Clint Kimbrough
Arthur Barker
Michael Fox
Dr. Roth
Alex Nicol
George Barker
Stacy Harris
Agent McClellan
Shelley Winters
'Ma' Kate Barker
Ted Eccles
Victim (uncredited)
Alan Haufrect
Prisoner (uncredited)
Lisa Linsky
Young Kate (as Lisa Jill)
Roy Idom
Ferry Boat Passenger
Drew Bonner
Bank Customer (uncredited)
Gura Lashlee
Daddy (uncredited)
Frank Snell
Federal Agent (uncredited)

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