| Ma Barker's Killer Brood | |
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| Directed by | Bill Karn |
| Written by | F. Paul Hall |
| Produced by | William Faris Bill Karn |
| Starring | Lurene Tuttle Tristam Coffin Paul Dubov Nelson Leigh Myrna Dell Dan White Eric Sinclair Robert Kendall |
| Cinematography | Clark Ramsey |
| Music by | Gene Kauer |
| Distributed by | Filmservice Distributors Corporation |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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 South and Midwest 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).