White Mama

White Mama (1980)

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

  • Genre: Drama, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 1980-03-05
  • User Rating: 8/10 from 3 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 45min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Tomorrow Entertainment
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Jackie Cooper
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Summary

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.

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  • Bette Davis

    as Estelle Malone
  • Ernest Harden Jr.

    as B.T. Williamson
  • Eileen Heckart

    as Three Bag Lady
  • Virginia Capers

    as Gorilla Sydney
  • Anne Ramsey

    as Heavy Charm
  • Lurene Tuttle

    as Mrs. McIntyre
  • Tony Burton

    as Black Fighter
  • Peg Shirley

    as Judge Alice Quentin
  • Ernie Hudson

    as Counsellor
  • Dan Mason

    as Father Gannon
  • Vincent Schiavelli

    as Medic
  • Cheryl Harvey

    as Probation Woman
  • Jesse D. Goins

    as Intern
  • John Hancock

    as Tall Black Man
  • Lanyard A. Williams

    as Young Man
  • Eddie Quillan

    as Old White Man
  • Tracy Fine

    as Candy Striper
  • Maggie Gwinn

    as Waitress
  • Roger Hampton

    as Man in Alley
  • Robert Ruth

    as Superintendent
Directing Jackie Cooper Director
Writing Robert C.S. Downs Writer
Production Jean Moore Edwards Producer
Camera William B. Jurgensen Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up Paula Lynn Kaatz Costumer
Art Ned Parsons Art Direction
Production Thomas W. Moore Executive Producer
Editing Jerry Dronsky Editor
Sound Peter Matz Music
Art Gary Moreno Set Decoration