Cloris Leachman Stuart Whitman Ann Sothern Linda Purl Jim Backus Donny Most
Cinematography
Bruce Logan
Edited by
Allan Holzman Lewis Teague
Music by
Snotty Scotty and The Hankies
Distributed by
New World Pictures
Release date
June 1975 (1975-06)
Running time
83 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$2.3 million[1]
Box office
$2.3 million (United States and Canada rental)[2][3]
Crazy Mama is a 1975 American action comedy film, directed by Jonathan Demme, produced by Julie Corman and starring Cloris Leachman. It marked the film debuts of Bill Paxton and Dennis Quaid.
The film focuses on a beauty parlor owner and her family, who lose their belongings to repossession. The trio of women soon start a crime spree. Their confrontation with law enforcement officers ends in a shootout.
^Cite error: The named reference New World was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Big Rental Films of 1976". Variety. January 5, 1977. p. 14.
^Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 295. ISBN 9780835717762. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
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