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Pretty Baby

7.0 110 mins Drama   1978
Paramount Pictures  
Director(s): Louis Malle

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.

Casts of Pretty Baby

Brooke Shields

as Violet

Keith Carradine

as Bellocq

Susan Sarandon

as Hattie

Frances Faye

as Nell

Antonio Fargas

as Professor

Matthew Anton

as Red Top

Diana Scarwid

as Frieda

Barbara Steele

as Josephine

Gerrit Graham

as Highpockets

Don Hood

as Alfred Fuller

Seret Scott

as Flora

Cheryl Markowitz

as Gussie

Susan Manskey

as Fanny

Laura Zimmerman

as Agnes

Miz Mary

as Odette

Mae Mercer

as Mama Mosebery

Pat Perkins

as Ola Mae

Von Eric Thomas

as Nonny

Sasha Holliday

as Justine

Lisa Shames

as Antonia

Henry Braden

as Harry

Patrick M. Burke

as Fanny's Customer

C.C. Courtney

as Naval Officer

Joe Catalanotto

as Hattie's Customer

Philip H. Sizeler

as Senator

Don Lutenbacher

as Violet's First Customer

Hobe May

as Farmer

Stocker Fontelieu

as Brothel Patron (uncredited)

Bill Holliday

as Gussie's Client (uncredited)

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