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Ma Barker's Killer Brood

Ma Barker's Killer Brood

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Ma Barker's Killer Brood

"No. 1 Female Gangster Of All Time!"

1960

1h 31m

6.2(12 votes)

Crime

Drama

Overview

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.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Lurene Tuttle

Lurene Tuttle

Ma Barker

Tristram Coffin

Tristram Coffin

Arthur Dunlop

Paul Dubov

Paul Dubov

Alvin Karpis

Nelson Leigh

Nelson Leigh

George Barker

Myrna Dell

Myrna Dell

Lou

Victor Lundin

Victor Lundin

Machine Gun Kelly

Don Grady

Don Grady

Herman as a Boy

Roye Baker

Lloyd Barker

Ron Foster

Ron Foster

Doc Barker

Michael Smith

Fred - as a Boy

Creative team

Directed by: Bill Karn
Written by: F. Paul Hall
Produced by: William Faris

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