BIG BAD MAMA

Original Title: Big Bad Mama

Director: Steve Carver

Writer: William W. Norton

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071216/

Cinemageddon Link: http://cinemageddon.org/details.php?id=11461

Genre: Crime / Action

This one follows a financially hard up gal (Angie Dickinson) and her two daughters who all find that bank robbing and fucking like rabbits is far more fun than starving in depression era Texas. They pick up a gunman (Tom Skerritt) and a conman (William Shatner) in their travels while robbing and kidnapping their way to a smiling fortune (with Dick Miller forever following as an unlucky cop).

Yet another 70s gangster exploit from Corman, though not director here. Only Roger could bring together well known stars, have them strip naked (at various points in the film) and do it all for less than half a million dollars! Of course, that includes antique cars chasing each other, gunfights galore and some pretty decent writing to boot.

This has some pretty respectable acting from some consummate professionals. Dickinson was about to enter a successful TV series that same year (“Police Woman”), Skerritt had already starred in some “A” films and Shatner was famous for……well, you know.

Enjoy this along with the “Making of” doc that has interviews with most of the principles involved.

Charlie.