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.
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Shelley Winters as 'Ma' Kate Barker
Pat Hingle as Sam Adams Pendlebury
Don Stroud as Herman Barker
Diane Varsi as Mona Gibson
Bruce Dern as Kevin Dirkman
Clint Kimbrough as Arthur Barker
Robert De Niro as Lloyd Barker
Robert Walden as Fred Barker
Alex Nicol as George Barker
Pamela Dunlap as Rembrandt
Michael Fox as Dr. Roth
Scatman Crothers as Moses
Stacy Harris as Agent McClellan
Lisa Linsky as Young Kate (as Lisa Jill)
Steve Mitchell as Sheriff
Roy Idom as Ferry Boat Passenger
Drew Bonner as Bank Customer (uncredited)
Ted Eccles as Victim (uncredited)
Alan Haufrect as Prisoner (uncredited)
Gura Lashlee as Daddy (uncredited)
Frank Snell as Federal Agent (uncredited)
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