Pretty Baby

Pretty Baby

Internationally acclaimed director Louis Malle has taken a taboo subject ? child prostitution ? and created in Pretty Baby a film of humanity and beauty. E.J. Bellocq (Keith Carradine) is a photographer in 1917 obsessed with the prostitutes in New Orleans' red-light district. Violet (12-year-old Brooke Shields) a young girl, bewitches Bellocq with her curiosity and naive coquettishness. Malle's level-headed treatment of this controversial theme and exceptional performances by the entire cast (especially Susan Sarandon as Violet's prostitute mother) make Pretty Baby a must-see for all serious film fans.

Production Year: 
1978
Released: 
Tue, 11/18/2003
Run Time Minutes: 
109
Rating: 
R
Genres: 
Drama
Trailer: 
No
Format Aspect Ratio: 
1.85-Wide Screen
Resolution: 
480x720 LowRez
More Information: 
HD-4
Audio Language: 
English
Audio Format: 
Dolby Digital
Audio Channels: 
Mono
Actors: 
Brooke Shields - Violet
Actors: 
Keith Carradine - Bellocq
Actors: 
Susan Sarandon - Hattie
Actors: 
Frances Faye - Nell
Actors: 
Antonio Fargas - Professor
Actors: 
Matthew Anton - Red Top
Actors: 
Diana Scarwid - Frieda
Actors: 
Barbara Steele - Josephine
Actors: 
Seret Scott - Flora
Actors: 
Cheryl Markowitz - Gussie
Actors: 
Susan Manskey - Fanny
Actors: 
Laura Zimmerman - Agnes
Actors: 
Miz Mary - Odette
Actors: 
Gerrit Graham - Highpockets
Actors: 
Mae Mercer - Mama Mosebery
Actors: 
Don Hood - Alfred Fuller
Actors: 
Pat Perkins - Ola Mae
Actors: 
Von Eric Thomas - Nonny
Actors: 
Sasha Holliday - Justine
Actors: 
Lisa Shames - Antonia
Actors: 
Henry Braden - Harry
Actors: 
Patrick M. Burke - Fanny's Customer
Actors: 
C. C. Courtney - Naval Officer
Actors: 
Joe Catalavetto - Hattie's Customer
Actors: 
Philip H. Sizeler - Senator
Actors: 
Don Lutenbacher - Violet's First Customer
Actors: 
Hobe May - Farmer
Actors: 
Bill Holliday - Gussie's client