White Mama

Plot 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.

Top Cast

Bette Davis Estelle Malone

Ernest Harden Jr. B.T. Williamson

Eileen Heckart Three Bag Lady

Virginia Capers Gorilla Sydney

Anne Ramsey Heavy Charm