Emma Mae (1976)

Emma Mae (1976)

  • 6.2
  • 100 mins
  • Crime, Drama

Storyline

A Naive Country Girl from Mississippi comes to town with an aunt to the Big City. She takes up with her family and goes out with them and meets a guy. A loser, pill-popping head nothing who is involved with the local street gang. She Falls in love with him, but he gets arrested and goes to jail. With the $5K bail over his head, she tries a couple of ways both good and bad to raise money to get him out only to learn he really is a loser and doesn't love her. She proves for a Country Girl she is smart and resourceful.—Thicknigg@yahoo.com



Short Review

Hayes initially oversells Emma Mae's shyness and naivete, but her emotional journey is very believable, reflecting her awakening to the stacked deck against African Americans.


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