Pretty Baby
“The image of an adult world seen through a child's eyes.”
In 1917 New Orleans, a 12-year-old girl is raised in a brothel by her prostitute mother.
Genres
Drama
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Pretty Baby performed
Budget
$3.5M
Worldwide Gross
$11.6M
Gross Profit
$8.1M
Return
3.3× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Violet
Brooke Shields
Violet
Bellocq
Keith Carradine
Bellocq
Hattie
Susan Sarandon
Hattie
Nell
Frances Faye
Nell
Professor
Antonio Fargas
Professor
Red Top
Matthew Anton
Red Top
Frieda
Diana Scarwid
Frieda
Josephine
Barbara Steele
Josephine
Highpockets
Gerrit Graham
Highpockets
Alfred Fuller
Don Hood
Alfred Fuller
Flora
Seret Scott
Flora
Gussie
Cheryl Markowitz
Gussie
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