Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960)
- Directed by
- Bill Karn
- Genre
- drama film, crime film, neo-noir
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 12 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This 1960 crime drama tells a highly fictionalized story of Ma Barker and her four sons who led a real-life gang in the 1930s. The film shows the family committing kidnappings, robberies, and murders across the South and Midwest, while also working with famous criminals like John Dillinger.
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What happens
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. The film is a highly fictionalized account of the life of Ma Barker and her four sons, whose Barker-Karpis gang terrorized the Southern United States and the Midwestern United States in the 1930s with a string of kidnappings, robberies, and murders. The gang members are also depicted working with other well-known criminals of the era, including John Dillinger (Eric Sinclair), and Baby Face Nelson (Robert Kendall). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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