USA,
1975, 83 min
Directed by:
Jonathan DemmeScreenplay:
Robert ThomCinematography:
Bruce LoganCast:
Cloris Leachman, Stuart Whitman, Ann Sothern, Jim Backus, Linda Purl, Sally Kirkland, Dick Miller, Carmen Argenziano, Vince Barnett, Will Sampson, Bill Paxton (more)Plots(1)
Academy Award® winner Cloris Leachman stars in Crazy Mama as Melba Stokes, a middle-aged woman who runs a California beauty parlour with her mother Sheba (Ann Sothern) and teenage daughter Cheryl (Linda Purl). When the shop is repossessed, the three ladies take a road trip from California to the family home in Arkansas that turns into a crime spree. Also starring Donny Most (Happy Days), Jim Backus and Stuart Whitman. Directed by Academy Award® winner Jonathan Demme. (101 Films)
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