Machine Gun Mama

{{short description|1944 film by Harold Young}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Machine Gun Mama

| image = Mgmumpos.jpg

| caption = Original film poster

| director = Harold Young

| producer = Harry D. Edwards (associate producer)
Jack Schwarz (producer)

| writer = Sam Neuman

| narrator =

| starring = See below

| music =

| cinematography = Gus Peterson

| editing = Robert O. Crandall

| distributor = Producers Releasing Corporation

| released = {{Film date|1944|08|18}}

| runtime = 61 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English
Spanish

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Machine Gun Mama is a 1944 American musical comedy film directed by Harold Young. It was PRC's attempt to feature a comedy team to compete with Universal's Abbott and Costello and Paramount's Road to ... movies, as well as their entry in the Good Neighbor Policy film genre of the time where the United States presented both a positive image to Latin and South America as well as stimulating American tourism to the region. Harold Young had also directed the live action portions of Walt Disney's The Three Caballeros.

The film had the working titles Mexican Fiesta and Moonlight Fiesta[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/82241/machine-gun-mama#notes Machine Gun Mama] but is also known as Tropical Fury as an American TV title of the film.

The title comes from a furious Nita turning a compressed air pellet firing machine gun carnival attraction on the Americans.