Baby Love (1969 film)
| Baby Love | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Theatrical poster to Baby Love (1968) | |
| Directed by | Alastair Reid |
| Written by | Guido Coen Michael Klinger Alastair Reid |
| Produced by | Guido Coen Michael Klinger (executive producer) |
| Starring | Ann Lynn Keith Barron Linda Hayden Diana Dors Dick Emery Derek Lamden Patience Collier Sheila Steafel |
| Cinematography | Desmond Dickinson |
| Edited by | John Glen |
| Music by | Max Harris |
Production company | Avton Film |
| Distributed by | AVCO Embassy Pictures |
Release date | September 1968 |
Running time | 93 min |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Baby Love is a 1968 British drama film, directed by Alastair Reid and starring Ann Lynn, Keith Barron, Linda Hayden and Diana Dors.[1][2]
The film tells the story of a schoolgirl who seduces her adoptive family after her mother commits suicide.
Reid went on to work in television, while Linda Hayden, who was only 15 at the time of filming, went on to star in sexploitation movies, notably two of the films in the Confessions series, Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974) and Confessions from a Holiday Camp (1977). The film features an uncredited appearance by Bruce Robinson, later to direct the cult film Withnail & I.
Plot
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Cast
- Linda Hayden - Luci Thompson
- Ann Lynn - Amy Quayle
- Keith Barron - Robert Quayle
- Diana Dors - Liz Thompson
- Derek Lamden - Nicholas 'Nick' Quayle
- Patience Collier - Mrs. Carmichael
- Dick Emery - Harry Pearson
- Sheila Steafel - Tessa Pearson
- Timothy Carlton - Admiral
- Sally Stephens - Margo Pearson
- Marianne Stone - Manageress
- Vernon Dobtcheff - Man In Cinema
- Julian Barnes - Crew member
- Bruce Robinson - Man in nightclub (uncredited)
Reception
The film was the 11th most popular movie of the year in the UK in 1969.[3]
References
- ^ "Baby Love(1969)". Yahoo Movies. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
- ^ Simon Sheridan, Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema, Titan Books 2011 p 59-60
- ^ "The World's Top Twenty Films." Sunday Times [London, England] 27 Sept. 1970: 27. The Sunday Times Digital Archive. accessed 5 Apr. 2014