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Bloody Mama

  • 1970
  • R
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
3.9K
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Shelley Winters in Bloody Mama (1970)
A psychologically-disturbed matriarch presides over her damaged family of bank-robbing misfits.
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A psychologically disturbed matriarch presides over her damaged family of bank-robbing misfits.A psychologically disturbed matriarch presides over her damaged family of bank-robbing misfits.A psychologically disturbed matriarch presides over her damaged family of bank-robbing misfits.

  • Director
    • Roger Corman
  • Writers
    • Robert Thom
    • Don Peters
  • Stars
    • Shelley Winters
    • Don Stroud
    • Pat Hingle
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    • IMDb RATING
    5.7/10
    3.9K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Roger Corman
    • Writers
      • Robert Thom
      • Don Peters
    • Stars
      • Shelley Winters
      • Don Stroud
      • Pat Hingle
    • 61User reviews
    • 58Critic reviews
    • 69Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Shelley Winters
    Shelley Winters
    • 'Ma' Kate Barker
    Don Stroud
    Don Stroud
    • Herman Barker
    Pat Hingle
    Pat Hingle
    • Sam Pendlebury
    Diane Varsi
    Diane Varsi
    • Mona Gibson
    Bruce Dern
    Bruce Dern
    • Kevin Dirkman
    Clint Kimbrough
    Clint Kimbrough
    • Arthur Barker
    Robert De Niro
    Robert De Niro
    • Lloyd Barker
    Robert Walden
    Robert Walden
    • Fred Barker
    Alex Nicol
    Alex Nicol
    • George Barker
    Pamela Dunlap
    Pamela Dunlap
    • Rembrandt
    Michael Fox
    Michael Fox
    • Dr. Roth
    Scatman Crothers
    Scatman Crothers
    • Moses
    • (as 'Scatman' Crothers)
    Stacy Harris
    Stacy Harris
    • Agent McClellan
    Lisa Linsky
    Lisa Linsky
    • Young Kate
    • (as Lisa Jill)
    Steve Mitchell
    • Sheriff
    Roy Idom
    • Ferry Boat Passenger
    Drew Bonner
    • Bank Customer
    • (uncredited)
    Ted Eccles
    Ted Eccles
    • Victim
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Roger Corman
    • Writers
      • Robert Thom
      • Don Peters
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      In one scene where Herman Barker (Don Stroud) punches Ma Barker (Shelley Winters) in the nose, Stroud accidentally punched Winters in the nose for real, and hurt her badly enough that she had to be taken to the hospital.
    • Goofs
      In the prison cell when Freddie is walking on Dirkman's back, if you look on the cell wall behind him, you'll see graffiti of a Nazi swastika on the wall. The movie takes place circa 1930 and the Nazi symbol didn't even exist (at least in America's consciousness) until the late 1930's-1940's. Correction: The swastika was used as good luck symbol long before the Nazis. It was a common Native American symbol of good fortune and was on the official patch of the 45th Infantry Division of the US Army prior to 1930. So it's use as graffiti is not impossible.
    • Quotes

      'Ma' Kate Barker: [opens door and walks into boys' room, where Fred and Kevin are lying in bed together] I don't wanna sleep alone tonight.

      Fred Barker: Ma, I can't.

      'Ma' Kate Barker: Freddie, I don't want to cuddle with you tonight, baby. Kevin, I want you.

      Kevin Dirkman: Well, we're all feeling kinda weird tonight, Ma.

      'Ma' Kate Barker: ...Kevin, I've been promising myself you for a long time, and I want you tonight

      Kevin Dirkman: Well, honey, I'm ready.

      [rolls over Freddie, rubbing him sexually as he climbs out of bed. In a subsequent masochistic ecstasy, Fredde burns himself with his cigar]

    • Alternate versions
      The film was originally rejected for a UK cinema certificate by the BBFC and then released 8 months later in 1971 with cuts to nudity, violent beatings, a rape scene, the drowning of Rembrandt, Lloyd's injection scenes and the violent shooting of Herman. The 18-rated UK video release of this film was cut by 11 seconds by the BBFC and removes the scene where Bruce Dern drops a tethered piglet into a river to use as alligator bait. The cuts were fully waived for the 2009 Optimum DVD.
    • Connections
      Edited into Frogs (1972)
    • Soundtracks
      Bloody Mama
      Written by Don Randi, Guy Hemric and Bob Silver
      Performed by The Singing Big Foot

    User reviews61

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    8/10

    A Study in Evil

    This is an amazing film for 1970, and a good film to watch by itself today. A true gangster story, with no romantics at all. Evil people do evil things, they just do them because they are stupid and degenerated. No social comment is being made, and this is actually the best decision the script writer and the director could make. Only a completly social careless society can let such people 'enjoy the freedom', with the execution squad being the only 'educational tool' it knows. The viewer gets it by itself. The mix of documentary with the true story is discrete and smart. I liked the movie, and gave it 8/10 on my personal scale.
    • dromasca
    • Mar 3, 2003
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    • Release date
      • August 17, 1970 (Sweden)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Кривава мама
    • Filming locations
      • Mountain Home, Arkansas, USA
    • Production company
      • American International Pictures (AIP)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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