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Pretty Baby

    Drama
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Apr 5, 1978
Rated R

Hattie, a New Orleans prostitute, meets a photographer named Bellocq at her brothel one night and, after he photographs her, he befriends her 12-year-old daughter, Violet. When Violet is brought on as a working girl by her mother's madam and Hattie skips town to get married, Violet quickly loses her innocence and focuses on reuniting with Bellocq. But a life with Bellocq is compromised for Violet after her mother returns to town.

Details

  • Directors
  • Revenue$5,786,368
  • Vote Average
    7.0
  • Vote Count
    358
  • Popularity
    32
  • Language
    English
  • Origin Country
    US

Cast

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Brooke Shields
Violet
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Keith Carradine
Bellocq
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Susan Sarandon
Hattie
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Frances Faye
Nell
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Antonio Fargas
Professor
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Matthew Anton
Red Top
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Diana Scarwid
Frieda
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Barbara Steele
Josephine
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Gerrit Graham
Highpockets
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Don Hood
Alfred Fuller
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Seret Scott
Flora
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Cheryl Markowitz
Gussie
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Susan Manskey
Fanny
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Laura Zimmerman
Agnes
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Miz Mary
Odette
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Mae Mercer
Mama Mosebery
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Pat Perkins
Ola Mae
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Von Eric Thomas
Nonny
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Sasha Holliday
Justine
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Lisa Shames
Antonia
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Henry Braden
Harry
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Patrick M. Burke
Fanny's Customer
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C.C. Courtney
Naval Officer
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Joe Catalanotto
Hattie's Customer
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Philip H. Sizeler
Senator
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Don Lutenbacher
Violet's First Customer
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Hobe May
Farmer
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Stocker Fontelieu
Brothel Patron (uncredited)
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Bill Holliday
Gussie's Client (uncredited)

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Reviews

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GenerationofSwine
10%
So.... why one star? Because, honestly, it's boring. It kind of does to New Orleans' red-light district what Reds did to John Reed.... sucked all the excitement out of the story in an effort to make it artistic. It's well acted, but it's weak on plot, weak on story, weak on entertainment.... but, like Reds, it's one of those movies that you have to watch because 41 years after the fact it is still being talked about. But, to be fair, I guess it's hard to make a movie about someone that takes pictures and make it riveting. After all, E. J. Bellocq wasn't exactly Robert Capa