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.

• DirectorRoger Corman
• Release24 March 1970
• Genre
  Crime / Drama
• Duration1h 30m
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  5.5
  90 reviews
• Productions

  American International Pictures