Big Bad Mama

"Hot Lead - Hot Cars - Hot Damn!"

1974 1h 24m EN

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5.7

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75%

FRESH

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METACRITIC

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5.7

IMDB

★5.7TMDB · 77🍅75%Rotten Tomatoes●60Metacritic★5.7IMDB · 3,412

ActionComedyCrimeDrama

Synopsis

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Circumstances force a mother and her two daughters to get into bootlegging and bank robbing, and travel across the country pursued by the law.

“Hot Lead - Hot Cars - Hot Damn!”

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Cast

Angie Dickinson
Wilma McClatchie
Tom Skerritt
Fred
William Shatner
William J. Baxter
Susan Sennett
Billy Jean
Robbie Lee
Polly
Noble Willingham
Uncle Barney
Dick Miller
Bonney
Tom Signorelli
Dodds

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Steve Carver
Writers: Frances Doel, William W. Norton
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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84 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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52 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Big Bad Mama Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Steve Carver, shot by Bruce Logan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by David Grisman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Tina Hirsch shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Angie Dickinson and Tom Skerritt and William Shatner carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Marketing tagline: "Hot Lead - Hot Cars - Hot Damn!".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Steve Carver directs. Bruce Logan behind the camera. David Grisman scores. Tina Hirsch cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

184 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
252 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Big Bad Mama Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Steve Carver, shot by Bruce Logan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by David Grisman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Tina Hirsch shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Angie Dickinson and Tom Skerritt and William Shatner carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Hot Lead - Hot Cars - Hot Damn!".
9IMDB entry: tt0071216 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 77 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Bruce Logan
Original score: David Grisman
Editing: Tina Hirsch
Costume design: Jac McAnelly
Makeup / hair: Alan Fama
Stunt coordinator: Eddy Donno
Runtime: 84 min · 1h 24m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Big Bad Mama (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes: 75% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 60/100
IMDB rating: 5.7/10 · 3,412 votes
MPAA: R
US box office: $617,400

Part of

Big Bad Mama Collection

Big Bad Mama & Big Bad Mama II

Also by

Steve Carver

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What people are saying

GenerationofSwine2023-01-12
★ 10/10
Well, it's not horrible, even though it is trash. It's comedic trash. It's action packed trash And it is completely entertaining trash. But it's still trash. The difference is the budget behind the trash. Low budget trash means that you're supposed to say that you hate it no matter how entertaining it is. High budget trash means that it is socially acceptable to like it and if it has an OK budget and is pretentious enough you can call it "art house" and pretend that watching it makes you cultured. This is just trash, but it is totally entertaining trash, especially when half the acting is praiseworthy and high caliber...and the other half is B-Movie crap. It makes for a great juxtapose.

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