SINOPSIS
A psychological gangster film based on fact. Machine gun totin' Ma Barker lead her family gang (her sons) on a crime spree in the Depression era. Her loyal brood have every perversion imaginable. The sadistic Herman sleeps with his Ma. When Fred Barker is released from prison, he brings home his cellmate and lover Kevin Dirkman, who also sleeps with Ma, much to Fred's chagrin. Lloyd Barker is a spaced-out drug addict who sniffs glue if nothing better is around. Ma kidnaps happy-go-lucky millionaire Sam Adams Pendlebury and holds him for ransom. Arthur Barker, Ma's wallflower son, and Herman's hooker lady friend Mona Gibson also figure in the story. The bloody finale is virtually choreographed, and a visual stunner. Filmed in the Ozarks.
- Shelley Winters'Ma' Kate Barker
- Don StroudHerman Barker
- Pat HingleSam Adams Pendlebury
- Diane VarsiMona Gibson
- Bruce DernKevin Dirkman
- Clint KimbroughArthur Barker
- Robert De NiroLloyd Barker
- Robert WaldenFred Barker
- Alex NicolGeorge Barker
- Pamela DunlapRembrandt
- Michael FoxDr. Roth
- Scatman CrothersMoses
- Stacy HarrisAgent McClellan
- Lisa LinskyYoung Kate
- Steve MitchellSheriff
- Roy IdomFerryboat Passenger
- Alan HaufrectPrisoner
- Gura LashleeDaddy
- Frank SnellFederal Agent