White Mama (1980)

  • NR
  • 03/05/1980 (US)
  • Drama, TV Movie
  • 1h 45m

A proud widow. A frightened homeless kid. Nobody cared about them until they cared enough to fight for each other.

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.

Jackie Cooper

Director

Robert C.S. Downs

Writer

Cast

Bette Davis's headshot

Bette Davis

Estelle Malone
Ernest Harden Jr.'s headshot

Ernest Harden Jr.

B.T. Williamson
Eileen Heckart's headshot

Eileen Heckart

Three Bag Lady
Virginia Capers's headshot

Virginia Capers

Gorilla Sydney
Anne Ramsey's headshot

Anne Ramsey

Heavy Charm
Lurene Tuttle's headshot

Lurene Tuttle

Mrs. McIntyre
Tony Burton's headshot

Tony Burton

Black Fighter
Peg Shirley's headshot

Peg Shirley

Judge Alice Quentin

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