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6.981/10

Pretty Baby (1978)

R | 1 Hours 50 Minutes

Drama

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.

Director: Louis Malle

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The 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

Seret Scott

Flora

Cheryl Markowitz

Gussie

Susan Manskey

Fanny

Laura Zimmerman

Agnes

Miz Mary

Odette

Mae Mercer

Mama Mosebery

Pat Perkins

Ola Mae

Von Eric Thomas

Nonny

Sasha Holliday

Justine

Lisa Shames

Antonia

Henry Braden

Harry

Patrick M. Burke

Fanny's Customer

C.C. Courtney

Naval Officer

Joe Catalanotto

Hattie's Customer

Philip H. Sizeler

Senator

Don Lutenbacher

Violet's First Customer

Hobe May

Farmer

Stocker Fontelieu

Brothel Patron (uncredited)