Pretty Baby poster
Director Louis Malle
Screenplay Polly Platt

Pretty Baby

Drama1978

Tagline: The image of an adult world seen through a child's eyes.

Release Date: 1978-04-05

Duration: 110 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Brooke Shields
    Violet
  • Susan Sarandon
    Hattie
  • Keith Carradine
    Bellocq
  • Diana Scarwid
    Frieda
  • Barbara Steele
    Josephine
  • Gerrit Graham
    Highpockets
  • Antonio Fargas
    Professor
  • Matthew Anton
    Red Top
  • Mae Mercer
    Mama Mosebery
  • Don Hood
    Alfred Fuller