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Pretty Baby (1978)
Directed by Louis Malle
Overview
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.
Rated R | Length 110 minutes
Actors
Brooke Shields | Keith Carradine | Susan Sarandon | Frances Faye | Antonio Fargas | Matthew Anton | Diana Scarwid | Barbara Steele | Gerrit Graham | Don Hood | Seret Scott | Cheryl Markowitz | Susan Manskey | Laura Zimmerman | Miz Mary | Mae Mercer | Pat Perkins | Von Eric Thomas | Sasha Holliday | Lisa Shames | Henry Braden | Patrick M. Burke | C.C. Courtney | Joe Catalanotto | Philip H. Sizeler | Don Lutenbacher | Hobe May | Stocker Fontelieu | Bill Holliday