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Overview

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5.3/10   1,101 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Don Peters (story)
Robert Thom (screenplay)
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Release Date:
24 March 1970 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
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Plot:
A psychological gangster film based on fact. Machine gun totin' Ma Barker lead her family gang (her sons) on a crime spree in the Depression era... more | add synopsis
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A Study in Evil more (28 total)

Cast

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Shelley Winters ... Kate 'Ma' 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 (as 'Scatman' Crothers)
Stacy Harris ... Agent McClellan

Lisa Jill ... Young Kate
Steve Mitchell ... Sheriff
Roy Idom ... Ferryboat Passenger
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Frank Snell ... Federal Agent (uncredited)
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Directed by
Roger Corman 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Don Peters  story
Robert Thom  screenplay
Robert Thom  story

Produced by
Samuel Z. Arkoff .... executive producer
Roger Corman .... producer
Norman T. Herman .... co-producer
James H. Nicholson .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Don Randi 
 
Cinematography by
John A. Alonzo  (as John Alonzo)
 
Film Editing by
Eve Newman 
 
Makeup Department
Dave Grayson .... makeup artist (as David Grayson)
Bette Iverson .... hair stylist (as Betty Iverson)
 
Production Management
Elliot Schick .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gary Grillo .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Michael Ross .... property master
 
Sound Department
Charles T. Knight .... sound mixer (as Charles Knight)
 
Special Effects by
A.D. Flowers .... special effects
 
Stunts
Bud Walls .... stunt coordinator
 
Camera and Electrical Department
John Elsenbach .... camera operator
Richard King Sr. .... key grip (as Richard King)
Robert E. Thomas .... gaffer
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Thomas Costich .... wardrobe
 
Music Department
Bigfoot .... music performers "Bloody Mama"
Guy Hemric .... composer: title song "Bloody Mama"
Don Randi .... musical director
Bob Silver .... composer: title song "Bloody Mama"
Al Simms .... music supervisor
 
Transportation Department
Clifton Bush .... transportation captain
 
Other crew
William Bond Jr. .... our man in Arkansas
Michel Levesque .... visual consultant (as Michael Levesque)
Tom Moore .... script supervisor
Earl Wingard .... unit publicist
 

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Additional Details

Runtime:
90 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Finland:K-18 (cut) (1972) | UK:X | France:-18 | Italy:VM14 | West Germany:18 | France:-12 (re-rating) | UK:18 (uncut version, re-rating) | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | UK:18 (cut)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Shelley Winters previously played a character that spoofed "Ma" Barker. On the TV series "Batman" (1966), she played "Ma" PARKER in a couple of episodes as a guest star. more
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8 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
A Study in Evil, 4 March 2003
8/10
Author: dromasca from Herzlya, Israel

This is an amazing film for 1970, and a good film to watch by itself today. A true gangster story, with no romantics at all. Evil people do evil things, they just do them because they are stupid and degenerated. No social comment is being made, and this is actually the best decision the script writer and the director could make. Only a completly social careless society can let such people 'enjoy the freedom', with the execution squad being the only 'educational tool' it knows. The viewer gets it by itself. The mix of documentary with the true story is discrete and smart. I liked the movie, and gave it 8/10 on my personal scale.

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