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Writers:
Frances Doel (story)
Robert Thom (writer)
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Release Date:
June 1975 (USA) more
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They shot her father, killed off her man, stole her land. She became the ... [video cover]
Plot:
Jonathan Demme directs this joyous unrelentlessly kitchy celebration of 50's America: opportunity, rock'n'roll... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Cloris Leachman ... Melba
Stuart Whitman ... Jim Bob

Ann Sothern ... Sheba
Jim Backus ... Mr. Albertson

Don Most ... Shawn (as Donny Most)

Linda Purl ... Cheryl
Bryan Englund ... Snake
Merie Earle ... Bertha
Sally Kirkland ... Ella Mae
Clint Kimbrough ... Daniel
Dick Miller ... Wilbur Janeway

Carmen Argenziano ... Supermarket Manager

Harry Northup ... FBI Agent
Ralph James ... Sheriff - 1932
Dinah Englund ... Melba - 1932
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Runtime:
83 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.33 : 1 more
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A joy from start to finish!, 15 March 2001
Author: chad edwards (chad478@webtv.net) from cincinnati, ohio

This lively celebration of 1950's America is one of director Jonathan Demme's earliest and best films. After losing their beauty salon to some repossession men in California, grandmother Ann Sothern, mother Cloris Leachman, and daughter Linda Purl hit the road and embark on a crime spree, robbing and shooting their way back to their mid-western roots in Arkansas. CRAZY MAMA recreates a convincing '50's atmosphere, offers some of that decade's greatest music and, above all, features excellent performances by a wonderful cast. The film's brightest moments are supplied by Cloris Leachman and Ann Sothern, two of the finest actresses to ever grace the screen. Sothern's daughter, the equally gifted Tisha Sterling, plays her mother's character as a young woman in the opening scene of the film.

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