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
Pat Hingle
Don Stroud
Diane Varsi
Bruce Dern
Clint Kimbrough
Robert De Niro
Robert Walden
Alex Nicol
Pamela Dunlap
Michael Fox
Scatman Crothers
Stacy Harris
Lisa Linsky
Steve Mitchell
Roy Idom
Drew Bonner
Ted Eccles
Alan Haufrect
Gura Lashlee
Frank Snell