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Pretty Baby(1978)
Status: Released
Date: 1978-04-05
70%
373 Votes
Time: 1h 50m
The image of an adult world seen through a child's eyes.
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
France,
United States of America
Revenue: $5,786,368.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Pretty Baby
Top 10 Billed Cast
Brooke Shields
Violet
Keith Carradine
Bellocq
Susan Sarandon
Hattie
Frances Faye
Nell
Antonio Fargas
Professor
Matthew Anton
Red Top
Diana Scarwid
Frieda
Barbara Steele
Josephine
Gerrit Graham
Highpockets
Don Hood
Alfred Fuller
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