White Mama

Jackie Cooper
1980-03-05

A proud widow. A frightened homeless kid. Nobody cared about them until they cared enough to fight for each other.
8
105 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Bette Davis Estelle Malone Unowned
Ernest Harden Jr. B.T. Williamson Unowned
Eileen Heckart Three Bag Lady Unowned
Virginia Capers Gorilla Sydney Unowned
Anne Ramsey Heavy Charm Unowned
Lurene Tuttle Mrs. McIntyre Unowned
Tony Burton Black Fighter Unowned
Peg Shirley Judge Alice Quentin Unowned
Ernie Hudson Counsellor Unowned
Dan Mason Father Gannon Unowned
Vincent Schiavelli Medic Unowned
Cheryl Harvey Probation Woman Unowned
Jesse D. Goins Intern Unowned
John Hancock Tall Black Man Unowned
Lanyard A. Williams Young Man Unowned
Eddie Quillan Old White Man Unowned
Tracy Fine Candy Striper Unowned
Maggie Gwinn Waitress Unowned
Roger Hampton Man in Alley Unowned
Robert Ruth Superintendent Unowned