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Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960) -- Ma Barker and her four sons terrorize the 1930s South and Midwest with a string of kidnappings, robberies and murders, and even get to work with such famous criminals as John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson.

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5.9/10   49 votes
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Director:
Bill Karn
Writer:
F. Paul Hall (screenplay)
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Release Date:
June 1960 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama more
Tagline:
No. 1 Female Gangster Of All Time! more
Plot:
Ma Barker and her four sons terrorize the 1930s South and Midwest with a string of kidnappings, robberies and murders, and even get to work with such famous criminals as John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson. full summary | add synopsis
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A wacky, bloody romp! more (5 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Lurene Tuttle ... Ma Barker
Tristram Coffin ... Arthur Dunlop (as Tristam Coffin)
Paul Dubov ... Alvin Karpis

Nelson Leigh ... George Barker
Myrna Dell ... Lou
Victor Lundin ... Machine Gun Kelly (as Vic Lundin)
Don Grady ... Herman as a Boy
Gary Ammann ... Doc as a Boy
Donald Towers ... Lloyd as a Boy
Michael Smith ... Fred as a Boy
Don Spruance ... Herman (as Donald Spruance)
Ron Foster ... Doc (as Ronald Foster)
Rex Holman ... Lloyd (as Roye Baker)

Eric Morris ... Fred
Byron Foulger ... Dr. Guelffe
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
82 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | UK:(Banned)
Company:
Screen Classics Inc. more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The film was refused a UK cinema certificate in 1961 by the BBFC and has yet to receive a release. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: Although set in the mid-1930s, one of the cars parked on the street in front of a bank that is to be robbed is a 1955 Chevy. more
Quotes:
Katherine Clark 'Ma' Barker: Show him boys
George Barker: Where did you get these?
Fred as a Boy: Out of the collection plate.
Katherine Clark 'Ma' Barker: Without anyone being the wiser. That took guts!
George Barker: How long has this been going on?
Katherine Clark 'Ma' Barker: Oh a couple of weeks. It was their own idea. I thought it was kinda cute.
Doc as a Boy: Pretty slick, eh Pop?
George Barker: What kind of mother are you?! Letting your sons steal from church!
Katherine Clark 'Ma' Barker: Not letting them, George, encouraging them.
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Movie Connections:
Edited into Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 10 (2007) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Little Joe Carew more

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3 out of 4 people found the following review useful.
A wacky, bloody romp!, 2 June 2003
9/10
Author: Paul Curtis from Jersey City, NJ

This film is terrific fun! It makes up for its tiny budget with wild, over-the-top performances (Lurene Tuttle was sweet-voiced Effie on the Sam Spade radio show...WHAT a DIFFERENCE!), extreme violence (one part where they set a guy on fire gets shown TWICE!) and goofy, quotable dialogue.

This is the kind of movie The Addams Family would watch with their kids.

With these things in mind, viewers looking for an accurate, historical picture will be disoriented, or at least disappointed. This is definitely not a good source for American History term papers. It is intended as a source for giggly thrills, and is a good one.

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