
Once Upon a Time in America(1984)
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.


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

Shelley Winters
'Ma' Kate Barker

Pat Hingle
Sam Adams Pendlebury

Don Stroud
Herman Barker

Diane Varsi
Mona Gibson

Bruce Dern
Kevin Dirkman

Clint Kimbrough
Arthur Barker

Robert De Niro
Lloyd Barker

Robert Walden
Fred Barker

Alex Nicol
George Barker

Pamela Dunlap
Rembrandt
Bloody Mama is a crime, drama film released in 1970 exploring themes of prison, suicide, rape, sexual abuse, gangster, based on true story. Directed by Roger Corman, it stars Shelley Winters, Pat Hingle, Don Stroud. 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.
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