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White Mama

A proud widow. A frightened homeless kid. Nobody cared about them until they cared enough to fight for each other.
Mar 5, 1980 · 1h 45m
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Drama
TV Movie

PLOT

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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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
Directed by Jackie Cooper

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Tomorrow Entertainment
Country
US

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