Directed by:
Jonathan DemmeScreenplay:
Robert ThomCinematography:
Bruce LoganCast:
Cloris Leachman, Stuart Whitman, Ann Sothern, Jim Backus, Linda Purl, Sally Kirkland, Dick Miller, Carmen Argenziano, Vince Barnett, Will Sampson, Bill Paxton (more)Plots(1)
Academy Award® winner Cloris Leachman stars in Crazy Mama as Melba Stokes, a middle-aged woman who runs a California beauty parlour with her mother Sheba (Ann Sothern) and teenage daughter Cheryl (Linda Purl). When the shop is repossessed, the three ladies take a road trip from California to the family home in Arkansas that turns into a crime spree. Also starring Donny Most (Happy Days), Jim Backus and Stuart Whitman. Directed by Academy Award® winner Jonathan Demme. (101 Films)
(more)Cast
Cloris Leachman
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
The Iron Giant (1999)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Stuart Whitman
USA
Best movies:
Ann Sothern
USA
Best movies:
Crazy Mama (1975)
The Best Man (1964)
Footlight Parade (1933)
Jim Backus
USA
Best movies:
Crazy Mama (1975)
Deep in My Heart (1954)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Linda Purl
USA
Best movies:
Crazy Mama (1975)
The Manions of America (1981) (series)
The Last Days of Pompeii (1984) (series)
Sally Kirkland
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story (1976) (TV movie)
JFK (1991)
Dick Miller
USA
Best movies:
The Terminator (1984)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
V: The Final Battle (1984) (series)
Carmen Argenziano
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Crazy Mama (1975)
Vince Barnett
USA
Best movies:
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Scarface (1932)
Will Sampson
USA
Best movies:
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Crazy Mama (1975)
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Bill Paxton
USA
Best movies:
Aliens (1986)
The Terminator (1984)
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Dennis Quaid
USA
Best movies:
Traffic (2000)
The Right Stuff (1983)
Any Given Sunday (1999)
Don Most
USA
Best movies:
Crazy Mama (1975)
Dark Skies (1996) (series)
Unsung Hero (2024)
Tisha Sterling
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Crazy Mama (1975)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Warren Miller
Best movies:
Philadelphia (1993)
Crazy Mama (1975)
Beloved (1998)
Mickey Fox
USA
Best movies:
Crazy Mama (1975)
California Split (1974)
Big Bad Mama (1974)
John Aprea
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
The Game (1997)
Cynthia Songé
USA
Best movies:
Steel (1979)
Crazy Mama (1975)
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2009)
Harry Northup
USA
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Philadelphia (1993)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Bill McLean
USA
Best movies:
Stalag 17 (1953)
Crazy Mama (1975)
I Was a Male War Bride (1949)