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Ma Barker's Killer Brood is a 1960 American neo noir crime film, released in 1960. The low-budget film was directed by Bill Karn and starred Lurene Tuttle as the title character, Ma Barker.
Ma Barker and her four sons terrorize the 1930s South and Midwest with a string of kidnappings, robberies and murders, and even get to work with such famous criminals as John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson.
- (354)
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Bill Karn
- 1960-02-03
Ma Barker and her four sons terrorize the 1930s South and Midwest with a string of kidnappings, robberies and murders, and even get to work with such famous criminals as Al Karpis, John ...more...
In the Depression-ravaged Midwest, Ma Barker (Lurene Tuttle) is tired of seeing her family live in poverty, so she and her quartet of grown sons begin committing stickups around town.
- Crime, Drama
- Lurene Tuttle
- Bill Karn
A film about Ma Barker and her four sons who terrorize the South and Midwest in the 1930s, with a string of kidnappings, robberies, and murders. The gang members also meet with John Dillinger (Eric Sinclair), and Baby Face Nelson (Robert Kendall).
- 90 min
- 94.4K
- k-otic
Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960) takes no prisoners as it sensationalizes Kate Barker as being the ruthless mastermind, and mother, of four real-life criminals who made headlines in the 1930's.
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The popular image of Ma as the gang's leader and its criminal mastermind is often portrayed in films such as Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960), Bloody Mama (1970), and Public Enemies (1996). However, this is widely regarded by historians as fictitious, and some have been skeptical that she participated in the shoot-out in which she died. [11]
