Drama

Pretty Baby

- The image of an adult world seen through a child's eyes.

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.

Release Date : 1978-04-05

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Paramount Pictures

Production Country : FranceUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Violet

Original Name : Brooke Shields

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bellocq

Original Name : Keith Carradine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hattie

Original Name : Susan Sarandon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nell

Original Name : Frances Faye

Gender : Female

Character Name : Professor

Original Name : Antonio Fargas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Red Top

Original Name : Matthew Anton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frieda

Original Name : Diana Scarwid

Gender : Female

Character Name : Josephine

Original Name : Barbara Steele

Gender : Female

Character Name : Highpockets

Original Name : Gerrit Graham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alfred Fuller

Original Name : Don Hood

Gender : Male

Character Name : Flora

Original Name : Seret Scott

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gussie

Original Name : Cheryl Markowitz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fanny

Original Name : Susan Manskey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Agnes

Original Name : Laura Zimmerman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Odette

Original Name : Miz Mary

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mama Mosebery

Original Name : Mae Mercer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ola Mae

Original Name : Pat Perkins

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nonny

Original Name : Von Eric Thomas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Justine

Original Name : Sasha Holliday

Gender : Male

Character Name : Antonia

Original Name : Lisa Shames

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harry

Original Name : Henry Braden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fanny's Customer

Original Name : Patrick M. Burke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Naval Officer

Original Name : C.C. Courtney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hattie's Customer

Original Name : Joe Catalanotto

Gender : Male

Character Name : Senator

Original Name : Philip H. Sizeler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Violet's First Customer

Original Name : Don Lutenbacher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Farmer

Original Name : Hobe May

Gender : Male

Character Name : Brothel Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Stocker Fontelieu

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gussie's Client (uncredited)

Original Name : Bill Holliday

Gender : Male

Reviews

GenerationofSwine

@GenerationofSwine

2023-01-12

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