Linda Purl in Crazy Mama (1975)

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Crazy Mama (1975) is a corn-ball Roger Corman drive in film that has an unlikely bunch of characters traveling in convoy from Long Beach, California to their original home in Jerusalem, Arkansas, and robbing targets of opportunity along the way. It would be just another depression era gangster film, except that it is set in the late 50's, which at least provided a great sound track and a nostalgic bunch of cars. Also, two of the characters, a surfer boyfriend of Linda Purl, and a biker replete with leathers and a DA (that's duck's ass, a haircut, for those not familiar wit the era) where classics for the time.

Other than that, it was a collection of corn-ball lines, chases, and bungled robberies, and had no believable characters. I enjoyed the look and the sounds, but the plot left me cold.

This film is a typical genre effort, so is a C.

Nudity Report: Cloris Leachman shows breasts through a plastic apron, and Purl as her daughter shows breasts and buns when the two boyfriends open the bathroom door.


Written by: Tuna …courtesy of Scoopy.net