Black Mama White Mama
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Black Mama, White Mama (Philippines/USA 1972) is a Women in Prison action film directed by Eddie Romero.
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- Featured in: Machete Maidens Unleashed
- Featured on: TCM Underground
- Included in: Chicks in Chains and Mean Muthers: Women In Prison Films
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Main Details
- Released in 1972
- Color
- Runtime: 87 min
- Distribution Co: American International Pictures
- Starring Pam Grier, Margaret Markov, Eddie Garcia, Sid Haig, Zaldy Zshornack, Vic Diaz
- Produced by John Ashley,David J. Cohen, Eddie Romero
- Cinematography by Justo Paulino
- Music by Harry Betts
- Written by Jonathan Demme, H.R. Christian, Joe Viola
Plot Summary
- A black prostitute and a white revolutionary must form an uneasy alliance when they are busted out of prison and are pursued by guerrillas, bounty hunters and the army.
Also Known As
- Chains of Hate | Chained Women | Women in Chains | Donne in catene (Italy) | Mare negra, mare blanca (Spain) | Mulheres Acorrentadas (Portugal) | Frauen in Ketten (Germany) | Czarna mama, biala mama (Poland)
Taglines
- Chicks in chains!
- Where they come from this is fun!
- Nothing Behind But Prison Bars. Nothing Ahead But Trouble.
- Chicks in chains! Chicks in chains...On the lam from a prison hell-manacled together by hate and the strange ideas a woman gets after 1000 nights without a man.
The Tarantino Connection
The score track "Police Check Point" by Harry Betts is reused in Kill Bill.
The score track "Police Check Point" by Harry Betts is reused in Kill Bill.
