Film
White Mama
1980 · 1h 45m · Drama · TV Movie
A proud widow. A frightened homeless kid. Nobody cared about them until they cared enough to fight for each other.
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Overview
A poor, elderly white woman living in a tenement in a black ghetto is befriended by a neighborhood boy, and the two of them form a mutually beneficial relationship: he provides her companionship and protection, and she becomes the mother he never had.
Cast
Bette Davis
Estelle Malone
Ernest Harden Jr.
B.T. Williamson
Eileen Heckart
Three Bag Lady
Virginia Capers
Gorilla Sydney
Anne Ramsey
Heavy Charm
Lurene Tuttle
Mrs. McIntyre
Tony Burton
Black Fighter
Peg Shirley
Judge Alice Quentin
Ernie Hudson
Counsellor
Dan Mason
Father Gannon
Vincent Schiavelli
Medic
Cheryl Harvey
Probation Woman
Jesse D. Goins
Intern
John Hancock
Tall Black Man
Lanyard A. Williams
Young Man
Eddie Quillan
Old White Man
Crew
- Jackie CooperDirector
- Robert C.S. DownsWriter
- Jean Moore EdwardsProducer
- Thomas W. MooreExecutive Producer
- William B. JurgensenDirector of Photography
- Jerry DronskyEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- March 5, 1980
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Rated
- NR
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
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