Sweet Mama

Sweet Mama

As modern as today. A Sweet Mama whose smile and cute ways prove a better weapon than a gangster's gun.

1930 · 54 min · ★ 6.0 · Crime, Drama

A young girl falls in love with a member of a gang of crooks. She determines to bring the rest of the gang to justice so she can save the man she loves.

Directed by Edward F. Cline · Written by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan

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