Queen of the Mob (1940)

Director:

James P. Hogan

Writers:

J. Edgar Hoover (book), William R. Lipman,

Stars:

Ralph Bellamy, Blanche Yurka, J. Carrol Naish

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Ralph Bellamy	...	Agent Scott Langham
Blanche Yurka	...	Ma Webster
J. Carrol Naish	...	George Frost
Jeanne Cagney	...	Ethel Webster (as Jean Cagney)
William Henry	...	Bert Webster
Richard Denning	...	Charlie Webster
Paul Kelly	...	Tom Webster
Hedda Hopper	...	Mrs. Emily Sturgis
James Seay	...	Eddie Webster
Jack Carson	...	Agent Ross Waring
Billy Gilbert	...	Mr. Reier
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Edgar Dearing	...	Motorcycle Cop (scenes deleted)
Leona Roberts	...	Mrs. Greenough (scenes deleted)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

based on book

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Taglines:

Mother of a devil's brood!

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 June 1940 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mulher Diabólica

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

61 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.

User Reviews

Aka the Iron Grandma...

What a very exciting little crime programmer written by the great Horace Mac Coy and directed by the man who made Ellery Queen series for the big screen. This story is the first, as far as I know, that talks about the famous Ma Barker, the senior gang leader with her three sons. Roger Corman and his crew directors - including Steve Carver, Martin Scorcese, Lewis Teague, and I probably forget some of them, made many of those topics in the 70's, thirty years later. This Paramount productions film is very exciting, as were the other ones, directed by the likes of Louis King and Robert Florey, and starring Lloyd Nolan, J Caroll Naish or Anthony Quinn at his start.

The Grandma character is vivid, so well described.

Don't miss it.