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Released
1970 · FILM

Bloody Mama

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

Directed by
Runtime
90 min
CrimeDrama

Synopsis

Kate “Ma” Barker, who was sexually abused as a child, becomes a violent and powerful woman by the 1930s. She dominates her adult sons and trains them to become hardened criminals. The brothers include Herman, who continues to share a bed with Ma; Fred, an ex‑convict who fell in love with another inmate; and Lloyd, who uses whatever substances are available to get high. Together they constitute a dangerous, unconventional family of Depression‑era bandits.

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How many hands made this film

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Principal cast & crew: 16

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Eve NewmanShot by John A AlonzoScored by Don Randi

Also known as

  • Mamá sangrientaes
  • Il clan dei Barkerit

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