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BIG BAD MAMA
U.S., 1974
Directed by Steve Carver
Produced by Roger Corman
Starring Angie Dickinson, William Shatner, Susan Sennett
Approx. 84 min. DCP.
“One of exploitation man-god Roger Corman’s earth-shaking hits of the drive-in era, BIG BAD MAMA kicks up some of that gooooood trouble. The mighty Angie Dickinson (POINT BLANK) as a beautiful young widow who breaks up her teen daughter’s wedding and hits the road for an outlaw voyage to Texas. Making pit stops for armed robbery and a mother-daughter striptease (yeek!), Dickinson teaches her girls the real facts of life. Co-starring screen legends Tom Skerritt (ALIEN) and William “William Shatner” Shatner!” – American Genre Film Archive
Reviews
“Borrows its ’30s iconography (rendered with Mr. Corman’s typically, shall we say, frugal methods) from BONNIE AND CLYDE, but its ethos is pure exploitation.”
– Charles Taylor, The New York Times
“A gleefully trashy BONNIE AND CLYDE ripoff, served up the Corman way.”
– TV Guide