White Mama (1980)

03/05/1980 (US) • 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.

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.

Top Billed 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


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

survival

elderly

neighborhood

poor

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