The Ballad of Little Jo
Based on a true story, this is the tale of Josephine Monaghan, a young woman of the mid-19th century who is thrown out of her parents' home after being seduced by the family's portrait photographer and giving birth to an illegitimate child. Josephine quickly learns that young, female, pretty, and alone are a bad combination for life in the wild west. In her desperation to survive, Josephine disguises herself as "Jo", a young man, and struggles to make a life for herself in a dingy frontier mining town. Can "Little Jo" live and love without revealing his/her secret?
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Drama, Romance, Western
1993
121 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : The Ballad of Little Jo
- Duration : 121 min
- Languages : English
- Writers : Maggie Greenwald
- Directors : Maggie Greenwald min
- Imdb : 6.9 (1124 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.1 (1708 votes)
- Actors : Suzy Amis, Bo Hopkins, Ian McKellen, David Chung
Movie Storyline
Based on a true story, this is the tale of Josephine Monaghan, a young woman of the mid-19th century who is thrown out of her parents' home after being seduced by the family's portrait photographer and giving birth to an illegitimate child. Josephine quickly learns that young, female, pretty, and alone are a bad combination for life in the wild west. In her desperation to survive, Josephine disguises herself as "Jo", a young man, and struggles to make a life for herself in a dingy frontier mining town. Can "Little Jo" live and love without revealing his/her secret?