Crazy Mama
Summary:
Cloris Leachman stars as Melba, a woman with whom violence is a way of life, in Jonathan Demme's high-pitched "B"-movie Crazy Mama. The film spans three decades in the violent life of Melba, beginning in Jerusalem, Arkansas in 1932, when law enforcers kill her father (Clint Kimbrough), turning her mother Sheba (Ann Sothern) into a bitter widow. Mother and daughter take off... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Cloris Leachman - (Melba)
Stuart Whitman - (Jim Bob)
Ann Sothern - (Sheba)
Tisha Sterling - (Sheba-1932)
Jim Backus - (Mr. Albertson)
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Review:
Jonathan Demme's second film is one of his best pre-Hollywood efforts. Working from a colorful script by veteran B-movie scribe Robert Thom, Demme manages to create a personalized variant on the crime-spree genre by placing a strong accent on character and replacing the usual B-movie antiheroes with a likable trio of women whose familial b... Continue >>
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