
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

Michael Fox
Dr. Roth

Scatman Crothers
Moses

Rope
Rope

The Bricklayers
The Bricklayers

Flyboys
Flyboys

Swordfish
Swordfish

The Devil and Ms. D
The Devil and Ms. D

Gridiron Gang
Gridiron Gang

Lock Up
Lock Up

Drei Tage im April
Drei Tage im April

Bill Tilghman and the Outlaws
Bill Tilghman and the Outlaws

The Love of Captain Brando
The Love of Captain Brando

Lost Souls
Lost Souls

The Iron Giant
The Iron Giant