Pretty Baby
(1978)
Overview
Hattie (Susan Sarandon), a New Orleans hooker, meets a photographer named Bellocq (Keith Carradine) at her brothel one night and, after he photographs her, he befriends her 12-year-old daughter, Violet (Brooke Shields). 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.
Tagline
In 1917, in the red-light district of New Orleans, they called her "Pretty Baby"
Crew
Director: | Louis Malle |
Writers: | Louis Malle, Polly Platt |
Cast
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Brooke Shields ![]()
Keith Carradine ![]()
Susan Sarandon ![]()
Frances Faye |
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Production Companies
Paramount Pictures, Synthetic Fur Productions
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