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Crazy Mama 
Theatrical poster to Crazy MamaDirected by Jonathan Demme Produced by Julie Corman Starring Cloris Leachman Release date(s) June 1975 Running time 83 minutes Country United States Language English Crazy Mama is a 1975 film directed by Jonathan Demme and produced by Julie Corman.
Cloris Leachman stars, with Dennis Quaid and Bill Paxton seen briefly in two of their earliest roles.
On December 17, 2010 Shout! Factory released the title on DVD, packaged as a double feature with The Lady In Red as part of the Roger Corman Cult Classics collection.[1]
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Plot
In 1958, a Long Beach, California beauty parlor run by Melba Stokes, her mother Sheba and daughter Cheryl, is repossessed. They flee when landlord Mr. Albertson comes to demand the back rent.
On the road, heading back to Arkansas to reclaim the family farm, the Stokes women begin a crime spree. They rob a gas station first, then head for Las Vegas next. In pursuit of pregnant Cheryl is her boyfriend, Shawn, while Melba gets reacquainted with an old lover, Jim Bob.
Further battles with the law along the way eventually lead to a shootout in which Jim Bob and others are killed. Melba is left alone, on the lam, but begins life again in a new town with a new look.
Cast
- Cloris Leachman as Melba
- Stuart Whitman as Jim Bob
- Ann Sothern as Sheba
- Linda Purl as Cheryl
- Jim Backus as Albertson
- Donny Most as Shawn
- Tisha Sterling as Young Sheba
- Sally Kirkland as Ella Mae
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Films directed by Jonathan Demme 1970s Caged Heat (1974) • Crazy Mama (1975) • Fighting Mad (1976) • Handle with Care (1977) • Last Embrace (1979)1980s Melvin and Howard (1980) • Who Am I This Time? (1982) • Swing Shift (1984) • Stop Making Sense (1984) • Something Wild (1986) • Swimming to Cambodia (1987) • Married to the Mob (1988)1990s The Silence of the Lambs (1991) • Cousin Bobby (1992) • Philadelphia (1993) • Storefront Hitchcock (1998) • Beloved (1998)2000s The Truth About Charlie (2002) • The Agronomist (2004) • The Manchurian Candidate (2004) • Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006) • Man from Plains (2007) • Rachel Getting Married (2008) · Neil Young Trunk Show (2009)Categories:- American films
- English-language films
- 1975 films
- 1970s comedy films
- 1970s comedy film stubs
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