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Plot

Though the title character is loosely based on that of the notorious killer/robber Ma Barker, she has been sanitized and prettified to meet the perceived conservative values of Hollywood movie audiences. Unlike Barker, who was bad to the bone, Ma Webster is simply a matriarch who would do anything for her three crazy sons, even assisting them with thieving and kidnapping. Their exploits land the nefarious family on the FBI's "most wanted" list and cause the agency to send out their very best man to find them.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery,Drama,Thriller
Run Time:
61min.
Distributor(s):
Paramount
Director(s):
James Hogan
Starring:
Ralph Bellamy , Blanche Yurka , J. Carrol Naish , William Henry
Keywords:
Christmas,FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation),G-man,Santa,agent [representative],bad-guy,bank,barker,child,conflict,criminal,custody-battle,federal-agent,gangster,good-guy,hidden,home,kidnapping,killing,loot,mayhem,mother,neglect,neighbor,outlaw [Western],queen [royalty],rampage,robbery,son,surrender,thug,tracking [following],tree,undercover,weapons,woman