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The Ballad of Little Jo (1993)

US:: R Drama Romance Western

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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1993-08-20

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Runtime: 121 mins Rating: 5.8 Tag Line: In the Wild West, a woman had only two choices. She could be a wife or she could be a whore... Josephine Monaghan chose to be a man.

Cast

Ian McKellen

Percy Corcoran

Suzy Amis

Josephine 'Jo' Monaghan

Melissa Leo

Beatrice Grey

Sam Robards

Jasper Hill

Rene Auberjonois

Ryker (voice)

Bo Hopkins

Frank Badger

Anthony Heald

Henry Grey

Tom Bower

Lyle Hogg

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